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Against the Fall of Night
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
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.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71272
- Title
- Against the Fall of Night
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
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