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The Throne of Saturn
by S. Fowler Wright
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; viii, 186pp. 3062 copies printed (3000 stated on colophon at back). Original dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in Holliston Black Novelex cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket a bit scuffed along folds and at spine ends, but crisp with no chips or tears. Boards are square, with some rubbing and exposure along top edge, nudging to spine ends, and some very light abrasions at bottom back. Glue toning along gutter of last page and tipped-in colophon, with a patch of light smudging on final page but all text legible. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Collection of thematically-linked short science fiction stories, but the author of The World Below and Deluge.
[Joshi 42].
Collection of thematically-linked short science fiction stories, but the author of The World Below and Deluge.
[Joshi 42].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10084
- Title
- The Throne of Saturn
- Author
- S. Fowler Wright
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
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- Crisp
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