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The War Against the Rull (Signed)
by van Vogt, A. E
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster / SFBC , 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. USA Simon and Schuster / SFBC hardback edition first printing, "A42" gutter code indicating October 1959. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Spine ends bumped, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toned fore-edge. FEP has two light offset tape marks, presumably from a previous protective cover. Red printers stain to top edge bold. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels very tight and gently read. Near fine condition. The jacket has bold colours to the front panel, with very small rubs to the corners. The white rear panel is clean and bright with only a few feint marks. The red spine is slightly sunned, and has wear to the head and rubs to joint ends. Jacket has been clipped to remove the Book Club Edition statement to the foot of the front flap. Jacket grades very good close to near fine. Signed and dedicated by author to first FEP. 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 very solid book club issue of this van Vogt hardback title.Signed by van Vogt to the first FEP. Possible association copy (no providence to authenticate this) for Fredric Brown: "From A E van Vogt / For Fred Brown / with my good wishes / Van" An uncommon signed van Vogt title.
Synopsis
Ace #87180. Cover art by John Schoenherr. This novel is a fix-up of six short stories which originally appeared in "Astounding Science Fiction": Co-Operate -- Or Else! (1942), The Second Solution (1942), The Sound (1950), The Green Forest (1949), The Rull (1948), and Repetition (1940) (a.k.a. The Gryb).
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Details
- Seller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 007085
- Title
- The War Against the Rull (Signed)
- Author
- van Vogt, A. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster / SFBC
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 253
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.43 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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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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- Gilt
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