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Nimisha's Ship
by McCaffrey, Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0593043219
- ISBN 13
- 9780593043219
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bantam Press, London, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jim Burns -- Cover Art. Bright yellow coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Jim Burns, with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. While testing her Mark 5 prototype space yacht, things start to go badly wrong for Nimisha. She is sucked into a wormhole and is thrown out again into an uncharted dimension of space. Will she and her crew get back to known space? This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], 327, [1] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Edges and pages browned. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jim Burns -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0593043219. ISBN/EAN: 9780593043219. Inventory No: 0117766. . 9780593043219
Synopsis
Anne McCaffrey is one of the world's most popular authors. Her first novel was published in l967. Since then, she has written dozens of books, of which there are more than twelve million copies in print. Before her success as a writer, she was involved in theater. She directed the American premiere of Carl Orff's Ludus de Nato Infante Mirificus, in which she also played a witch. McCaffrey lives in County Wicklow, Ireland, in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, so named because she had to dig out a hill to build it.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0117766
- Title
- Nimisha's Ship
- Author
- McCaffrey, Anne
- Illustrator
- Jim Burns -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593043219
- ISBN 13
- 9780593043219
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Science Fiction, Spaceflight, wormhole, undiscovered Science Fiction & Fantasy; Jim Burns -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0593043219 EAN: 9780593043219 McCaffrey, Anne Nimisha's Ship
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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