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Islands of Space
by CAMPBELL, John W., Jr
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1956. First Edition. Trade issue, first printing, binding A with gilt. 12mo (19.5cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt, with dark blue dust jacket; plain endpapers; 224pp; publisher's ads to jacket rear and rear flap. Former owners' inscription and label to endpapers, label to half-title. Straight and tight, spine sunned, head and tail pushed, discoloration to endpapers, slight spotting to fore-edge, else clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (price $2.50), lightly rubbed, minor dust and browning to rear, small blue stain to front flap, discoloration to verso: Very Good. Arcot, Wade & Morey series. Currey notes two bindings (of which ours is the first) and two issues without priority, the limited and the trade issue. CURREY p.97. REGINALD 02525.
Synopsis
In the thrilling follow-up to "The Black Star Passes," John W. Campbell, Jr. again takes his team of young scientist-explorers on a voyage to the outer reaches of the universe - culminating in a space battle of epic proportions! Classic space opera, here is a tale from the Golden Age of Science Fiction!"Arcot, Wade, Morey, and their computer, Fuller, put together a ship which will travel faster than light . . . they give us what may have been the first space-warp drive. The concept was simple; to make it plausible wasn't - unless you were John Campbell." -- Astounding Science Fiction
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57675
- Title
- Islands of Space
- Author
- CAMPBELL, John W., Jr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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