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A Fall of Moondust
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World , 1961. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Book In A Near Fine D, Touches Of Rubbing At Corners. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, With A Faint Blue Horizontal Line 1/8" Wide Near Bottom Edges Of All Panels, From Old Dj Protector. Hugo Nominee 1963.
Synopsis
A Fall of Moondust is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1961. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was the first science fiction novel selected to become a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. By the 21st century, the Moon has been colonized, and is open to tourists who can afford the trip. Some of them are trapped after a lunar quake. Can they be rescued?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028291
- Title
- A Fall of Moondust
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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