Childhood's End
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Vg spine faded lightly worn Dj
- Seller
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Emerson, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ballantine, 1953. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition.. This is a very good+ copy of the uncommon hardcover first edition in a very good dust jacket that has a bit of soiling, is lightly spine faded and has some light edge wear especially at the top of the front fold where a tiny piece is missing. Overall an attractive copy of this classic novel..
Synopsis
Arthur C. Clarke is considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He is an international treasure in many other ways: An article written by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He lives in Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Dog Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007433
- Title
- Childhood's End
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Vg spine faded lightly worn Dj
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Ballantine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Black Dog Books
Biblio member since 2003
Emerson, New Jersey
About Black Dog Books
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.