Against the Fall of Night
de Clarke, Arthur C
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Librería
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 223pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Jacket designed by Frank Kelly Frease. Stated first edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some edgewear to head and tail of jacket spine. Light spotting to foredge. Later revised and expanded into "The City and the Stars" (1956). Currey pg 113.
Sinopsis
Against the Fall of Night is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Originally appearing in the November, 1948 issue of the magazine Startling Stories, it was first published in book form in 1953 by Gnome Press. It was later expanded and revised as The City and the Stars. The original also appeared in a more recent edition along with another unconnected early work: The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night.
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- Librería
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 71272
- Título
- Against the Fall of Night
- Autor
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Gnome Press Inc
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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