Prelude to Space
by CLARKE, ARTHUR C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sidgwick and Jackson Limited 1953. First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 176pp, VG (some rubbing to boards, some tanning to eps, ight foxing to page edges, v light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG ( light tanning & foxing, light soiling, moderate creasing to edges, some rubbing esp to folds)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 188550
- Title
- Prelude to Space
- Author
- CLARKE, ARTHUR C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson Limited 1953
- Keywords
- Arthur C Clarke science fiction literature modern first edition
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Glossary
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...