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Final Blackout
by L Ron Hubbard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$381.42$343.28
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About This Item
London: Hadley Publishing, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel by L Ron Hubbard. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was the founder of the Church of Scientology. He has been cited by the Smithsonian magazine as one of the most 100 significant Americans of all time. He wrote many popular science fiction and fantasy stories and developed a system called Dianetics, expounded in book form. Final Blackout is a dystopic science fiction novel. It is set in the future and concerns a man known as 'the lieutenant' as he restores order to England after a world war. The book was originally published in a serialised format in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction. This is the first edition in book form. It is an early classic of the Golden Age of science fiction. In original paper covered boards held in original dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to the head of the spine. Dustwrapper is very smart with some evidence of repair to the head and tail of spine. Wrapper is sunned, particularly to spine with some ageing to the rear wrap. Bookseller's label to front pastedown, Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Cincinnati. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly aged to edges. Some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine
Synopsis
Final Blackout is a dystopic science fiction novel by author L. Ron Hubbard. The novel is set in the future and follows a man known as "the Lieutenant" as he restores order to England after a world war. First published in serialized format in 1940 in Astounding Science Fiction, Final Blackout was published in book form in 1948 by The Hadley Publishing Co. Author Services Inc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD2-E-3
- Title
- Final Blackout
- Author
- L Ron Hubbard
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hadley Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- L Ron Hubbard FInal Blackout Scientology FInal Blackout
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelfwear
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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