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Comet
by Sagan, Carl; Druyan, Ann
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394549082
- ISBN 13
- 9780394549088
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition and First Printing. Quarto, illustrated jacket, gilt & copper spine imprinting, illustrated endpapers, 398 pp. Near Fine book with a corner just touched ina Near Fine jacket with one 6 mm closed tear, and not much else in either case keeping these from Fine. See scans. The text-and-graphics-rich exposition on everything about Comets by the peerless Sagan and his accomplished wife, Ann Druyan. Nice collectible copy. L88
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010017
- Title
- Comet
- Author
- Sagan, Carl; Druyan, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394549082
- ISBN 13
- 9780394549088
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 398
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Astronomy, Physics
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
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Baldwinsville, New York
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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