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Purgatory: A Chronicle of a Different World
by Mike Resnick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. NF. This edition is Near Fine. Signed by Resnick on the special edition page. Book is tight, square with solid hinges, good corners and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no bookplate, writing, stamps or markings. Book opens naturally to the copyright page (see photos). Bound in full turquoise-blue leather with 22k gold gilt spine titles and decorations, hubbed spine bands, silk moire endpapers with satin ribbon bookmark bound-in. All edges gilt with one nick to the top pages, else gilt is fine. Introduction by James Gunn, Illustrated by Debbie Hughs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2280
- Title
- Purgatory
- Author
- Mike Resnick
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Easton Press
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1993
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Easton Press; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Bookplate
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- Copyright page
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- 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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