SANDS OF MARS
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:The Gnome Press, Inc., (1952). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Gnome Press, Inc. (1952). 1st edition, stated. 216pp. Hardcover. Red boards with title in black print on spine strip soiled and shelfworn, with wear to edges, spine ends, and edge points. Internally, end pages lightly soiled/age-toned, but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
Synopsis
The Sands of Mars is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke which was published in 1951, before humans had achieved space flight. The story is set principally on the planet Mars, which has been settled by humans and is used essentially as a research establishment. It has been surveyed but not fully explored on the ground.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25472
- Title
- SANDS OF MARS
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:The Gnome Press, Inc.
- Date Published
- (1952)
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; SCIENCE FICTION; ARTHUR C. CLARKE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...