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Robots Have No Tails
by Padgett, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. The binding is tight, top corners lightly bumped. Text unmarked. Some soiling on the edges of the text block. Small stain on the RFEP. The dust jacket has a close tear at the tail of the spine, edgewear and light soiling, unclipped ($2.75), in a mylar cover. 8vo. 224pp.
Synopsis
Robots Have No Tails is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. It has been reprinted in 2009 by Paizo Publishing LLC's Planet Stories Line of books, with a new introduction by F. Paul Wilson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARSpadRH
- Title
- Robots Have No Tails
- Author
- Padgett, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
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