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NEEDLE
by Clement, Hal (pseudonym for Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Upper corner tips bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and head of the spin
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First edition. Upper corner tips bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and head of the spine pane, some darkening to the spine panel. (31255). Octavo, cloth. Signed on the title page as Clement and Stubbs. Author's first book. An alien cop takes over the body of a human. "An adequately exciting tale of possession from outer space, by a writer who is well versed in the hard sciences. Clement's first novel, it introduced the word "symbiote," use ever since by SF writers..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 251. Anatomy of Wonder 3-110.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31255
- Title
- NEEDLE
- Author
- Clement, Hal (pseudonym for Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Book Condition
- Used - Upper corner tips bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and head of the spin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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