Childhood's End
by Clarke, Arthur C.; Dennis, Gabor
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- Signed
- Condition
- Cover creased, corners bumped. Pages yellowed, moderately wavy from humidity at the tail towards the second half of the book. Fi
- Seller
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Budapest, Hungary
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About This Item
Association copy of Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 science fiction novel, Childhoods' End, inscribed to the Nobel laureate physicist, Dennis Gabor.
Dennis Gabor (1900 - 1979), the Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist, was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing holography. Gabor was also an early futurist. His first examination on the subject, Inventing the Future was published in 1963.
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Synopsis
Arthur C. Clarke is considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He is an international treasure in many other ways: An article written by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He lives in Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Foldvaribooks (HU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1787
- Title
- Childhood's End
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C.; Dennis, Gabor
- Format/Binding
- In publisher's printed wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Cover creased, corners bumped. Pages yellowed, moderately wavy from humidity at the tail towards the second half of the book. Fi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Association copy. Inscribed to Dennis Gabor by the author on the
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Recto
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- Association Copy
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Inscribed
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- Wrappers
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