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Sixth Column
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing 1949. Book is a clean copy with lean. The boards are clean and sharp, with softened corners and light bumps to spine ends. The text block edges have very light toning, more pronounced to the top edge. The pages are crisp and clean, no creasing, spots, or tears. Feels very firmly bound and gently read. Book in very good condition. The jacket has rubs to fore-edges and corners. The front panel has bold colours to front panel, with heavy rubbing to the top edge. The spine has rubbing to the joint edge and wear to ends. There is minor rubs to the spine panel that is sunned. The rear panel is white and attractive. To the verso there are historic brown tape marks that at sometime previously was used as strengthening to the flaps and joints. Jacket grades good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid copy of this classic Heinlein title, an uncommon title in the UK from the Earnshaw collection.
Synopsis
Sixth Column, also known under the title The Day After Tomorrow, is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, based on a story by editor John W. Campbell, and set in a United States that has been conquered by the PanAsians, a combination of Chinese and Japanese. Originally published as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction (January, February, March 1941, as by Anson MacDonald) it was published in hardcover in 1949.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007294
- Title
- Sixth Column
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 4.63 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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