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...And Some Were Human
by Del Rey, Lester
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Gently rubbed and worn to boards, light dampstaining to text black edges; jacket sunned and chipped, dampstained to verso. Very
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Gently rubbed and worn to boards, light dampstaining to text black edges; jacket sunned and chipped, dampstained to verso. Very good. CDK-58.
Lester del Rey. Sol Levin, illustrator. "...And Some Were Human." Philadelphia, PA: Prime Press, 1948. First edition.
Signed by Lester del Rey.
Octavo. 312pp. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.00.
Synopsis
... And Some Were Human is a collection of science fiction short stories by author Lester del Rey. The collection was first published in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 3,050 copies of which 50 were specially bound, slipcased and signed by the author. The stories first appeared in the magazines Astounding and Unknown.
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- InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58
- Title
- ...And Some Were Human
- Author
- Del Rey, Lester
- Book Condition
- Used - Gently rubbed and worn to boards, light dampstaining to text black edges; jacket sunned and chipped, dampstained to verso. Very
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
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