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Mists of Dawn
by Oliver, Chad
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK edition first printing 1954, the boards are clean and sharp, with slightly softened corners. The spine is straight with perfect titling, the ends are bumped and lightly faded where the jacket has losses. The text block edges are toned. There is a previous booksellers neat pencil price to the half title page. The pages are crisp and clean, no spots marks or tears. Feels very well bound and lightly read. very good condition. The jacket as historic tape to the top and bottom edges of the jacket, going on to the flaps, with additional pieces of tape to the verso of head and foot of the spine, where there are losses. The spine is a touch lightened, the front panel has bold colours and minimal rubbing, the rear panel is glossy and white. Jacket grades as good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. An otherwise very nice copy, reduced by the historic tape. This novel was serialized in Astounding and collected in the 1947 Hadley Publication. The text for this second edition was heavily reworked by van Vogt.
Synopsis
Mists of Dawn is a juvenile science fiction novel by science fiction writer and anthropologist Chad Oliver first published in 1952 by John C. Winston, Co. as a part of the Winston Science Fiction series of juvenile novels. The story follows the adventures of adolescent Mark Nye when he is accidentally transported to the stone age by his uncle's time machine. It includes a factual foreword on the science of anthropology and how Oliver uses this science in the telling of his story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007359
- Title
- Mists of Dawn
- Author
- Oliver, Chad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 4.63 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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