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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Essays, 1934-1998
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0312198930
- ISBN 13
- 9780312198930
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martins Press, 1999 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xiii (5), 558 pp. First Edition, August 1999. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "An anthology of futuristic nonfiction essays by the best-selling author of 2001: A Space Odyssey spans more than sixty years of work in a collection, organized chronologically, that includes his prophetic predictions about geosynchronous satellites, space travel, and the Internet.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006541
- Title
- Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Essays, 1934-1998
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312198930
- ISBN 13
- 9780312198930
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ESSAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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