THE COSMIC ENGINEERS
by Simak, Clifford D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737). Octavo, boards. Probable second binding of tan boards lettered in black. The author's first novel and first hardcover book. An expansion of a three-part serial first published in ASTOUNDING in 1939. A space opera in the tradition of E. E. Smith and Edmond Hamilton. The cosmic engineers are three billion year old evolved humanoid robots whose ancestors were created by an ancient vanished race. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-50.
Synopsis
Cosmic Engineers is a science fiction novel by author Clifford D. Simak. It was published in 1950 by Gnome Press in an edition of 6,000 copies, of which 1,000 were bound in paperback for an armed forces edition. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1939.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16737
- Title
- THE COSMIC ENGINEERS
- Author
- Simak, Clifford D
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...