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Alien Worlds
by Collins, Paul – Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0909117055
- ISBN 13
- 9780909117054
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Void Publications, St Kilda, Melbourne, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Francesco Turco -- Cover Art. introduction by Paul Collins. Illustrated frontispiece and title page by Francesco Turco, who also drew the illustration for the dustwrapper. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A collection of 13 short stories; about the infinite worlds of science fiction and fantasy as seen through Australian eyes. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Some rubbing to the lower book edges and the spine is somewhat cocked. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning to all facets of the dustwrapper along with some handling marks. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5 - 252, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Francesco Turco -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; Australia; ISBN: 0909117055. ISBN/EAN: 9780909117054. Inventory No: 0121916. . 9780909117054
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121916
- Title
- Alien Worlds
- Author
- Collins, Paul – Editor
- Illustrator
- Francesco Turco -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909117055
- ISBN 13
- 9780909117054
- Publisher
- Void Publications
- Place of Publication
- St Kilda, Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Compilation, Short Stories, Australian Science Fiction, Wynne Whitford, David Lake, Bruce Gillespie, A. Bertram Chandler Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; Australia; Francesco Turco -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0909117055 EAN: 97809091
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
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- Spine
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