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BLOOD MUSIC
by Bear, Greg
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877957207
- ISBN 13
- 9780877957201
- Seller
-
Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arbor House, 1985. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Bear on label fixed to the half-title page. "A brilliant novel, expanded from a novelette." Quoted from Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-38. Hugo Award winner, 1984, for best novelette. Foxed along top edge of text block. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with hint of rubbing and mild fade to the red lettering on spine panel.
Synopsis
Blood Music is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It was originally published as a short story in 1983, winning the 1983 Nebula Award for best novelette and the 1984 Hugo Award in the same category. Greg Bear published an expanded version in novel form in 1985. The completed novel was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1985 and for the Hugo, Campbell, and British Science Fiction Awards in 1986.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26591
- Title
- BLOOD MUSIC
- Author
- Bear, Greg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0877957207
- ISBN 13
- 9780877957201
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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