The Sands of Mars
by Arthur C. Clarke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good/good
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. very good/good. 219pp. Red boards in color pictorial dust jacket. Toning to pages. There is a three inch loss at bottom of dust jacket spine with some chipping at top of dj spine. Name, address and date of previous owner on front endpaper. In a brodart protective wrapper. Author's first book.
Synopsis
The Sands of Mars is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke which was published in 1951, before humans had achieved space flight. The story is set principally on the planet Mars, which has been settled by humans and is used essentially as a research establishment. It has been surveyed but not fully explored on the ground.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55399
- Title
- The Sands of Mars
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good/good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...