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Flying Saucer from Mars
by Allingham, Cedric
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
British Book Centre, 1955. First. Teal cloth. Very good/Very good. First edition, very good hardcover shows an open chip at spine head, bit of stain and some jacket residue at bottom edges of covers, foxing at page edges, bit of foxing and soil at endpapers and some other light trace wear, else tight and clean, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows rubbing including a rub spot at spine, toning and soil, and edgewear that includes wrinkling, closed tears and shallow open chipping. 153 pages with black & whites and bibliography. Solid copy in jacket of this "..eyewitness account of the landing of a Martian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32990
- Title
- Flying Saucer from Mars
- Author
- Allingham, Cedric
- Format/Binding
- Teal cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- British Book Centre
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Antiques, Collectibles, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Montana, Used Books, Rare Books
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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