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Plague Ship
by SLAUGHTER, FRANK G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Vintage Dust Jacket. A medical story involving Dr. Grant Reed and the crew of the international hospital ship Mercy; they must quarantine the first victimes of a plague that began when a deadly organism was released when an archaeologist stumbled upon an ancient tomb in the Andes Mountains of Peru. A medical suspense story of something that could actually happen. Clean burgundy cloth binding with gold titles on spine, light corner and spine end wear, solidly bound. Page edges clean and white. Internals spotless, unmarked, no creasing. Jacket is clean with chipping to spine head and heel, light wear to corners. 248 pages. 8.5 x 5.6 inches. 1976, Doubleday & Co, Garden City, New York, USA
Synopsis
Plague Ship is a science fiction novel by author Andrew North (pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton, also known as Andre Norton). It was published in 1956 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies. The book is the second volume of the author's Solar Queen series.
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Details
- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020814
- Title
- Plague Ship
- Author
- SLAUGHTER, FRANK G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MICROBES; PERU; ANDES MOUNTAINS; INTERGLOBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL SHIP;
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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