Beyond Human Ken: Twenty-One Startling Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy
by Merril, Judith; Introduction by Fletcher Pratt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1952. First printing, association copy. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 334pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 gray cloth with black paper over boards. The spine and boards are just a bit edge worn, and the pages are toned. In a dust jacket, with light rubbing and creasing, and occasional short closed and open tears in the edges. The jacket has a dampstain along the bottom edge (only visible on the reverse). The stain is light, and measures approximately 2 x 3/4".
Ex-libris Charles F. Richter, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Charles Francis Richter was an American physicist and seismologist who developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake magnitude. Stories never before published in an anthology.
Ex-libris Charles F. Richter, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Charles Francis Richter was an American physicist and seismologist who developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake magnitude. Stories never before published in an anthology.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60743
- Title
- Beyond Human Ken: Twenty-One Startling Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Author
- Merril, Judith; Introduction by Fletcher Pratt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing, association copy
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- short stories; anthology; fantasy
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Octavo
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