THE LOST PLANET

Bookseller

John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

11274

Title

THE LOST PLANET

Author

Dallas, Paul

Book Condition

Used - A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket, first state jacket with 29 titles, with some mild rubbing to the base of the sp

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition

Publisher

The John C. Winston Company

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Toronto

Date Published

[1956]

Keywords

SF

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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...

Rubbing

Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

Price Clipped

When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...

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....

First State

used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...

Fine

A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...

Cloth

"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

Octavo

Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...