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Sands of Mars

by Clarke, Arthur C

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item

New York: Gnome Press, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy and lime green cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Book club edition (1952). Former owner's address inscription inked at top corner of front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Text block edges a bit toned by age, with one gathering (pp. 67-74) projecting a bit along fore-edge but absolutely firm. Salmon dust jacket (lettered in dark blue, not illustrated) shows very slight surface soiling, virtually as issued, now in mylar. 216 pp..

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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Seller
Saucony Book Shop US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
043989
Title
Sands of Mars
Author
Clarke, Arthur C
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Book Club Edition
Publisher
Gnome Press
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1952
Bookseller catalogs
Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Saucony Book Shop

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About Saucony Book Shop

The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

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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...
Book Club Edition
A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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