Click for full-size.
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Robert Shore. 219pp. Quarto [26 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped black leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Collector's Notes and unused bookplate laid in. From the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series.
Synopsis
Around the Moon, Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, is a science fiction novel continuing the trip to the moon which left the reader in suspense after the previous novel. It was later combined with From the Earth to the Moon to create A Trip to the Moon and Around It.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54182
- Title
- Around the Moon
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Illustrator
- Robert Shore
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION; COLLECTIBLE; SEATTLE 2018; SEACAT18; PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019; fancon
Terms of Sale
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Please note: We cannot guarantee delivery by Christmas via USPS Media Mail. Please reach out to us directly via phone or email if you are ordering a Christmas gift with time sensitive delivery so that we can make sure your package arrives on time.
All items subject to prior sale. Orders filled upon payment. We accept check, money order, PayPal (books@kensandersbooks.com), and credit card (Visa/MC/AmEx/Discover). Billing terms will be arranged for institutions according to their needs, and for customers who have established credit with our company. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described, autographed items are guaranteed indefinitely. Items may be returned for a full refund within ten days of receipt, prior notification requested.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
This Book’s Categories
Storing books - laying down or standing up?
Don’t unwittingly damage your growing book collection! Learn about when to store books laying down vs standing up. Read About Safe Book Storage
Beat Poet Michael McClure
From the fateful reading at Six-Gallery in 1955 to his novels, poetry, and stage productions, Michael McClure was right in the thick of the Beat Generation as it was born. See his books and art and learn more about the works of Michael McClure.
