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The Legacy of Heorot
by Niven, Larry; Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0671640941
- ISBN 13
- 9780671640941
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Full number line down to and including 1. In rose boards and blue spine cloth with silver type. Signed by all three authors on title page. Sadly, the books suffered a spill and faint moisture staining is present from heel of spine cloth around and across bottom of rear board. Small portion to bottom of text block next to spine as well. Jacket is unclipped with some wear and creasing in addition to more noticeable moisture staining due to color transfer from book from front panel adjacent spine to bottom and inside of rear flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB002929LN
- Title
- The Legacy of Heorot
- Author
- Niven, Larry; Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671640941
- ISBN 13
- 9780671640941
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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