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Iceworld
by Clement, Hal
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor to Fair (in mylar)
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Gnome Press, Inc., 1953. Former owner's ink signature and date along upper edge of ffep, age toned end pages; Textblock is clean and tight. Mint green cloth binding, rubbed/bumped head and foot of spine and to the corners. Boards worn along the bottom edge; Unclipped, shabby and worn dust jacket, moderate to heavy chips to corners of spine and the edges, age soiled and tape stained; Several closed tears along the underside of the front flap have been repaired using archival pva adhesive and Japanese mulberry mending tissue; 216p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor to Fair (in mylar). Illus. by Ric Binkley Jacket Design. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Iceworld is a science fiction novel by author Hal Clement. It was published in 1953 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB12408
- Title
- Iceworld
- Author
- Clement, Hal
- Illustrator
- Ric Binkley Jacket Design
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor to Fair (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Science fiction, Iceworld Sci Fi, Ice World Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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