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Gravity's Angels
by Michael Swanwick
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870541625
- ISBN 13
- 9780870541629
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
Item Price
£12.30£9.84
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About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Arkham, 1991. First. hardcover. Good/Good. Janet Aulisio. First edition. Former library item, expected imperfections, stickers, stamps, etc. Dust jacket is price clipped, has sticker shadow on spine; is now in new removable protective cover. Black cloth covered boards with gold print on spine. Amber end papers. Acid-free paper. Arkham House hard cover with dust jacket, first edition, first printing August 1991, ISBN: 9780870541629, 302 pages, cover art by Pablo Picasso; interior art by Janet Aulisio. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.25"") 4th place, 1992 Locus Award. Gravity's Angels contains the following stories: A Midwinter's Tale (winner, 1989 Asimov's Readers' Award); The Feast of Saint Janis (nominated, 1981 Nebula Award); The Blind Minotaur (21st place, 1986 Locus Award); The Transmigration of Philip K (16th place, 1986 Locus Award); Covenant of Souls; The Dragon Line (21st place, 1989 Locus Award); Mummer Kiss (winner, 1982 SF Chronicle Award); Trojan Horse (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award); Snow Angels (28th place, 1990 Locus Award); The Man Who Met Picasso (nominated, 1983 World Fantasy Award); Foresight; Ginungagap (nominated, 1981 Nebula Award); The Edge of the World (winner, 1990 Sturgeon Award).
Synopsis
Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards for his work. His books include In the Drift , Vacuum Flowers , Griffin's Egg , Stations of the Tide , The Iron Dragon's Wife , Tales of Old Earth , and A Geography of Unknown Islands . He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter, and their son, Sean.
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Details
- Seller
- Bujoldfan
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 040717019780870541629cgr
- Title
- Gravity's Angels
- Author
- Michael Swanwick
- Illustrator
- Janet Aulisio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0870541625
- ISBN 13
- 9780870541629
- Publisher
- Arkham
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy; First editions;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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