SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1966* Publisher: Penguin SF.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge, slight dish. Seems un-used. VG+* Contents condition: From private science fiction library with label to fep. No Stamps. Some slight tape marks to inside of covers. Clean crisp, & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Slight colouration to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 224 pp. text.* Product Description:- This collection of twelve short science fiction stories by one of the foremost British writers of the sixties contains two seminal works ?The Drowned Giant? and ?The Terminal Beach.? Also it contains , A Question of Recovery, End-Game, The Illuminated Man, The Reptile Enclosure, The Delta at Sunset, Deep End, The Volcano Dances, Bilennium, The Giaconda of the Twilight Noon, The Lost Leonardo.* This is a VG copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear, slight age and a library label.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5584
Title: The Terminal Beach
Author: Ballard, J G
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, 1st. Imp.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth UK 0
Date Published: 1966-01-01

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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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