SANDS OF MARS.
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: GNOME.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. A very good+ or better copy in the red cloth binding with black titles, in a Vg.+ 'first issue' dj. (Light tap to one corner tip. Mild horizontal crease impression on front cloth cover. A few spots of rubbing to covers. Traces of light rubbing to dj. covers & a couple small chips at corners with touches of shelfwear. The red from the covers has rubbed in spots onto the inside of dj.) Author's SECOND science fiction novel. (B) .
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
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309787
- Title
- SANDS OF MARS.
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- GNOME.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Science Fiction & Fantasy/arthur C. Clarke/206
- Bookseller catalogs
- List206;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.