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BLUE MARS (SIGNED)
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553101447
- ISBN 13
- 9780553101447
- Seller
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Santa Rosa, California, United States
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About This Item
Bantam, 1996. Book. Illus. by Dixon, Don. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and First US edition. (Preceded by the UK edition published by Voyager.) Stated July 1996 printing on copyright page with "1" present in complete number line. Signed by Robinson on the title page. Hardcover copies are well into 3rd printings. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Page block edges show minimal age-related scuffs and smudges, but very lightly handled. Jacket is clean, without tears with $22.95 price intact. A clean, square copy. Final volume in the Mars trilogy. Award History: 1996 British Science Fiction Award Nominee (lost to Excession Iain M. Banks); 1997 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best SF Novel; 1997 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel; 1997 John W. Campbell Award Nominee (lost to Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley); 1997 SF Chronicle Award Nominee (lost to Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling); 1997 Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (lost to The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh)..
Synopsis
Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. He is the author of eleven previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Fifty Degrees Below, Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt , and Antarctica –for which he was sent to the Antarctic by the U.S. National Science Foundation as part of their Antarctic Artists and Writers’ Program. He lives in Davis, California
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- Bookseller
- Top Shelf Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004401
- Title
- BLUE MARS (SIGNED)
- Author
- Robinson, Kim Stanley
- Illustrator
- Dixon, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553101447
- ISBN 13
- 9780553101447
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction, Award Winners, Signed Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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Top Shelf Books.com has specialized in offering Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Mystery hardcover 1st edition books since 1991 and online since 1996. Signed editions, Award Winners & Nominees also a speciality.
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