The City and the Stars
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 310pp. Stated first edition. Blue decorated boards in dust jacket. All four corners of jacket flaps are clipped but original price of $3.75 still present on front flap. Some soiling to the back of the jacket, right on the Clarke's forehead on his photo. Nice copy overall. Revised and expanded version of "Against the Fall of Night " (1953). Currey pg 113.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71271
- Title
- The City and the Stars
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace, and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...