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The Far Call
by Dickson, Gordon R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a tiny bit of rubbing to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has some light ground-in dirt. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light rolling to the bottom sp; ine end, some light edge wear and nicking to the top spine end and a couple of other tiny spots of rubbing to the dust jacket edges. "Clute points out that Dickson, like Poul Anderson, with whom he collaborated in the Hoka series, "[tends] to infuse an austere Nordic pathos into wooded, rural midwestern American settings". His works often have mercenaries as their protagonists and deal with aliens that are "less deracinated and more lovable than humans" (Clute). They "are inclined to take on a heightened, sagalike complexion" (Clute) , particularly through the insertion of lyric poetry that is sometimes rather inferior. "(from Wikipedia) .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A40854
- Title
- The Far Call
- Author
- Dickson, Gordon R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Gordon R. Dickson, Quantum Science Fiction, Space Travel, Astronauts
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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