Coalescent - Destiny's Children Book One
by Baxter, Stephen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 057507423X
- ISBN 13
- 9780575074231
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Gollancz, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing ex-lib hardback book, with typical lean, binding firm. Boards bumped at corners but clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with expected toning and marking to edges. Feels read. Bump to head and foot of spine. Tape pulls to pastedowns, usual stamps and pen notation to FEP, and V cut barcode to top edge. Library stamp and small stock plate on copyright page. Jacket some very minor creasing, . For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid ex library reader copy of this title
Synopsis
Coalescent is a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. It is part one of the Destiny's Children series, and is set in two different time periods: modern Britain, when George Poole finds that he has a previously unknown sister and follows a trail to a mysterious and ancient organisation in Rome (Puissant Order of Holy Mary Queen of Virgins); and the time of Regina, a girl growing up during the ending of Roman rule in Britain, around AD 400. Coalescent was nominated for the Arthur C.
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Details
- Seller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002807
- Title
- Coalescent - Destiny's Children Book One
- Author
- Baxter, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 057507423X
- ISBN 13
- 9780575074231
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 480
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- exultant General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 0 g
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
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