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THE CURRENTS OF SPACE
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Tan strips to front and rear end papers, damp stain to upper front and rear end papers and paste downs, and upper edges of the f
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. First edition. Tan strips to front and rear end papers, damp stain to upper front and rear end papers and paste downs, and upper edges of the first few leafs, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and mild shelf wear to the corner tips, folds and spine ends, damp stain to the verso at the upper spine and upper flaps with bleed through at flaps and rear panel next to spine fold, tape reinforcement to verso of spine ends. (27947). Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27947
- Title
- THE CURRENTS OF SPACE
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used - Tan strips to front and rear end papers, damp stain to upper front and rear end papers and paste downs, and upper edges of the f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Verso
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- Shelf Wear
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