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A Gift From Earth
by Niven, Larry
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About This Item
New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First U.S. Edition. 8vo, 254pp. Signed by Niven on the title page. Additionally signed and dated in 1970 by Jack L. Chalker on the ffep. Publisher's white cloth with black lettering in illustrated jacket by Jack Gaughan. Some light toning and soiling to white boards, fore edge of page block foxed. Jacket with black ink stain to top edge of back panel else well preserved and very good.
Signed copy of this second science fiction novel from Niven with an interesting association, bearing the ownership signature of sci-fi author, Jack L. Chalker.
Signed copy of this second science fiction novel from Niven with an interesting association, bearing the ownership signature of sci-fi author, Jack L. Chalker.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6439
- Title
- A Gift From Earth
- Author
- Niven, Larry
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 254pp. Signed by Niven on the title page. Additionally signed and dated in 1970 by Jack L. Chalker on the ffep. Publisher's
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
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- 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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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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