Prelude to Space
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Gnome Press, Inc, 1954. First American hardcover edition. First American hardcover edition. Signed by Arthur C. Clarke on title page, inscribed to former owner. 191 pp. Bound in publisher's patterned boards with yellow spine lettering, Currey's "A" binding. Fine in a bright, attractive pictorial dust jacket, rubbed along edges, else Fine, unclipped ($2.50). A speculative space travel novel about a journey to the Moon written before the Apollo program.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945165
- Title
- Prelude to Space
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American hardcover edition
- Publisher
- The Gnome Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...