Nine Tomorrows
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very good
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Book club edition. Gutter code of "A13" on page 236. All pages are clean and unmarked. Nice deckled edges. Binding is firm and square. Jacket shows light wear with a few small chips and tears along top edge and at spine ends. Spine is heavily sunned.
Synopsis
Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the USA in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favourite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy". Nine Tomorrows has been reprinted several times.
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Details
- Seller
- Sparrow's Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- JFC00113
- Title
- Nine Tomorrows
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Sparrow's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Denver, Colorado
About Sparrow's Bookshop
Sparrow's Bookshop is a Denver based vintage & rare bookstore specializing in hard-to-find items, unique titles and first editions. Member IOBA.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...