Prelude to Space
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG+
- Seller
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1954. Ex-Library. VG-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth-effect paper-covered boards, lettered in red, supposedly a second state binding (Owings and Chalker), though Currey states no established priority to the blue and black bindings. Ex-library copy showing several discard stamps including on top and bottom text block edges but otherwise minimally marked, mild tape scarring on binding where dust jacket sleeve had been anchored, also scarred endpapers. Text block moderately toned by age, typical of Gnome issues from this era, but otherwise intact, with firm binding. Embossed seal on title page. 191 pp. Original color illus. dust jacket is quite nicely preserved, showing only light rubbing at corners and upper spine, with small label with author's surname on lower spine panel (we have not attempted removal), light soiling at bottom corners of both flaps, solid VG+ and probably Near Fine in some estimates, possibly slightly trimmed as DJ is about 1/8" shorter than binding..
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Details
- Seller
- Saucony Book Shop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 025379
- Title
- Prelude to Space
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Saucony Book Shop
Terms of Sale: All orders are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Full refund on any misrepresented item(s) within 30 days of purchase date. Returned books must arrive in the same condition as they were sent. We use standard ABAA grading and terminology, and we will gladly respond to pre-purchase queries. Payment: Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, check, money order, cash. Happy hunting!
About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
Biblio member since 2005
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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