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Imperial Earth
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151442339
- ISBN 13
- 9780151442331
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1976, first edition thus; first American edition, enlarged by about 10,000 words from the UK first of 1975. 303 pages. Black cloth with gold spine titles, decoration in blind to front panel, dampstained. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket clean and straight, protected in Mylar. Slight 'must' smell in pages. Interior else clean, unmarked.
Synopsis
Imperial Earth is a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke, and published in time for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 by Ballantine Books. The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, ostensibly for a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its 500th birthday, but really in order to have a clone of himself produced.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2011569
- Title
- Imperial Earth
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151442339
- ISBN 13
- 9780151442331
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976-01-01
- X weight
- 12 oz
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