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Circus World
by Barry B. Longyear
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$15.00$10.50
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Nelson-Doubleday , 1980 Nelson-Doubleday, Garden City, NY. 1980. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and tips; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; slight sunfading to spine. Red paper over boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 181 pp 8vo. Two hundred years earlier, a circus starship is stranded on the Planet Momus. Recently discovered by the rest of the galaxy, the population of Momus the remaining descendants of the original circus must deal with interstellar power politics and war, and they do so in their own special way. This book is an intriguing collection of seven tales of magic and daring, humor and hope, danger and determination. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart Mylar jacket.
Reviews
On Jul 26 2007, Doctorslime said:
one book of a two book series, either would stand alone both are enhanced by reading together. Ever been to the Wisconsin Dell's Area, its a tourist trap built around a natural geological set of features, nearby just a few miles south of there is the real and secret Vacation spot to visit. Baraboo, Wisconsin. A quiet little town, ( at least it was when last I passed hat way.) which holds the kernal that the author used to build this story... Circus World Museum.
a cool little museum dedicated to the history of the circus, in fact they run a clown college there or did, and circuses all summer long, in addition to the turn of the Previous century (18th) artifacts from the Age of the circus. This series of books tells a remarkable Sci-fi vision of what happens, as circuses reach outward along with man in the expansion into space. I enjoyed the classical Sci-fi Tale very much, even more so for having visited Baraboo and Circus World Museum.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016149
- Title
- Circus World
- Author
- Barry B. Longyear
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Nelson-Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science fiction, Circus World, outer space fiction, planetary fiction, planet Momus, shipwreck, Big Top performers, Tenth Quadrant Federation of Planets, Ninth, Ninth Quadrant, Fyx the Great, Rogor, lizards, clowns, fortune tellers, Circus fiction
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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