PEOPLE OF THE COMET
by Hall, Austin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. octavo. 131pp. Yellow cloth, spine stamped in brown. Top corners bumped not affecting pages. Low quality paper has toned. Dust jacket has soiling, tear at fold and light rubbing and edge wear. Ethereal world hidden in blood red comet.
Synopsis
People of the Comet is a science fiction novel by Austin Hall. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Griffin Publishing Company in an edition of 900 copies. The novel was originally serialized in two parts in the magazine Weird Tales beginning in September, 1923 under the title Hop O' My Thumb.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SF241
- Title
- PEOPLE OF THE COMET
- Author
- Hall, Austin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1948
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...