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Bill, The Galactic Hero (1st/1st Sgned)
by Harrison, Harry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK edition first printing, A clean square copy. The boards are clean and sharp. The spine is straight with perfect gilt titling. The spine ends are lightly bumped. The text block edges have toning. The pages are crisp and clean, no creasing, spots, or tears. Feels very well bound and lightly read. Book in very good condition. The jacket generally a bit toned, more pronounced to the spine, with rubbing and small losses to the corners and spine ends. There is also small losses to the head of the joints. Overall a solid very good copy. Signed by author to the title page. More images of this book are available please contact us if you require them. A very good copy of this book that is difficult to find signed. "Harry Harrison / Brum '91" to title page. Comes with great provenance as this volume was obtained from the estate of Roger Earnshaw, SF collector, well known at British conventions and fandom, who often attended author signings. It is understood that this book was signed at the Twentycon signing Session on 19th July 1991, held at the Andromeda Book Shop, Birmingham. A nice addition to a Harry Harrison SF collection.
Synopsis
Bill, the Galactic Hero is a satirical science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, first published in 1965. It is a retelling of the famous WWI anti-war novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, set in the future. The overall plot is most similar to Hašek's work, with the protagonist tricked into joining the army, and then sent on a succession of badly-organised adventures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007092
- Title
- Bill, The Galactic Hero (1st/1st Sgned)
- Author
- Harrison, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 4.63 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
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- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
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