AHEAD OF TIME
by Kuttner, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some edge rubs and stress creases, a very good or better copy. (30338)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First edition. Some edge rubs and stress creases, a very good or better copy. (30338). Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Ballantine Book 30. Collection of ten stories one original to this collection, "Year Day" and one revised for this collection "De Profundis" (first published as "The Visitor"). Reviewers Boucher and McComas, described Kuttner as "one of s.f.'s most literate and intelligent storytellers" and found the collection to be "just about as good as the modern magazine science-fantasy story can get." - F & SF, October 1953. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 972.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30338
- Title
- AHEAD OF TIME
- Author
- Kuttner, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Some edge rubs and stress creases, a very good or better copy. (30338)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- SF . SC . Paperback
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Wrappers
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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