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THE COSMIC ENGINEERS
de Simak, Clifford D
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737)
- Librería
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737). Octavo, boards. Probable second binding of tan boards lettered in black. The author's first novel and first hardcover book. An expansion of a three-part serial first published in ASTOUNDING in 1939. A space opera in the tradition of E. E. Smith and Edmond Hamilton. The cosmic engineers are three billion year old evolved humanoid robots whose ancestors were created by an ancient vanished race. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-50.
Sinopsis
Cosmic Engineers is a science fiction novel by author Clifford D. Simak. It was published in 1950 by Gnome Press in an edition of 6,000 copies, of which 1,000 were bound in paperback for an armed forces edition. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1939.
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Detalles
- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16737
- Título
- THE COSMIC ENGINEERS
- Autor
- Simak, Clifford D
- Estado del libro
- Usado - A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends, small closed tear to lower rear panel. (16737)
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Gnome Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1950
- Palabras clave
- SF
Términos de venta
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Sobre el vendedor
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
Sobre John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
