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Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia
de Brian W. Aldiss
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 661.43EUR 595.29
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A signed copy of the first US edition of this exciting and scarce science fiction novel by Brian W Aldiss. The first edition of this work. A scarce title. A science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss, one of the Grand Master named by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2000, as well as winner to two Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award as well as others. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper "Richard Gordon: His book - regards, Brian W Aldiss" dated Easter '70.The story deals with Britain during an undeclared Acid Head War breakout. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelfwear and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Minor mark to front board and minor paper damage to rear. Inscribed and signed by author to front free endpaper "Richard Gordon: his book, regards,"dated Easter '70.Dustwrapper is unclipped and very smart with minor shelfwear only and slight chipping to head of spine and extremities. Faint tidemark internal to wraps, affecting externals to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 763A3
- Título
- Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia
- Autor
- Brian W. Aldiss
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Doubleday and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1970
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- signed aldiss first editions dustwrapper aldiss scarce
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
