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Final Blackout
by L. Ron Hubbard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1993. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Near Fine condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges. Fore-edges of binding each show two small dents. Otherwise appears unread. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A lovely gift copy!
Synopsis
Final Blackout is a dystopic science fiction novel by author L. Ron Hubbard. The novel is set in the future and follows a man known as "the Lieutenant" as he restores order to England after a world war. First published in serialized format in 1940 in Astounding Science Fiction, Final Blackout was published in book form in 1948 by The Hadley Publishing Co. Author Services Inc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0026
- Title
- Final Blackout
- Author
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 184
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Scientology, Gift Book, Fine Binding, Special Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
Terms of Sale
Barbed Wire Books
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About the Seller
Barbed Wire Books
Biblio member since 2019
Longmont, Colorado
About Barbed Wire Books
Barbed Wire Books is an independantly owned real bookstore in northern Colorado. We've been in business since 2009 and are proud of our award-winning, 5-star reputation for excellent customer service. Our store stocks all sorts of books with note-worthy Western Americana and Children's sections. Not all inventory is listed online so please contact us for specific titles.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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