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Prelude To Space (First Us Edition, Signed By Clarke)
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine Book, As New/Fine Dust Jacket, as New
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
NY Gnome Press 1954, 1954. First American Edition . Blue Boards. Fine Book, As New/Fine Dust Jacket, as New. 191 Pp. Blue Boards Lettered In Yellow. First Hard Cover Am. Ed. (With Textual Changes From Earlier Paperback And Uk Hardcover Editions), "First Edition" Stated, First State Binding. As New, Crisp, No Rubbing At All Anywhere, Spine Ends Hard And Untouched. Dj As New. Book And Dj Protected By A Heavy Plastic Protector Which Prevented Rubbing Along Lower Edge Of Boards; Tape Fastening The Dj Protector Folds [Not On Book Or Dj] Which Has Left A Little Offsetting To Free Endpapers. Signed By Artrhur C Clarke.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024110
- Title
- Prelude To Space (First Us Edition, Signed By Clarke)
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Blue Boards
- Book Condition
- New Fine Book, As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Dust Jacket, as New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY Gnome Press 1954
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; "Literature: Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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