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The Thing; Based on the story by John W. Campbell
de Foster, Alan Dean
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near fine/near fine
- Librería
-
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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New York: Bantam, 1982. First Hardcover Edition / Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed copy of The Thing: by Alan Dean Foster, the first hardcover edition of his science fiction classic.. Octavo, 181pp. Black hardcover, title in blue on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint foxing to fore edge, a near fine example. Code "M30" listed in gutter of page 180. In the Book Club Edition dust jacket, with light wear to corners and faint shelf wear to panels. Code "4790" listed on rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. A nice example of the scarce hardcover edition. Alan Dean Foster's novel, The Thing, is based on the John W. Campbell novella Who Goes There from 1938. This movie novelization first appeared in paperback, published by Corgi Press in London in 1982. It was followed by the paperback edition from Bantam in February 1982 and this first hardcover edition in October 1982. The screenplay for the 1981 film of the same name was written by Bill Lancaster and served as a basis for this work. (ISFDB, 3400).
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- Librería
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 14123
- Título
- The Thing; Based on the story by John W. Campbell
- Autor
- Foster, Alan Dean
- Ilustrador
- Signed copy of The Thing: by Alan Dean Foster, the first hardcover edition of his science fiction classic.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Hardcover Edition / Book Club Edition
- Editorial
- Bantam
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1982
- Palabras clave
- Star Wars Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars George Lucas book, Alan Dean Foster signed, The Thing Foster, The Thing 1982, Who Goes There Campbell Jr., Adventures of Luke Skywalker book, Aliens Alan Dean Foster
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
