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West of the Sun
by Pangborn, Edgar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Last page is creased. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with small chips at top and bottom of slightly tanned spine. A handsome, collectible copy of Pangborn's first science fiction novel. The following year Pangborn went on to win the International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction for "A Mirror for Observers" 8vo. 219 pp. Jacket art by Dick Powers. In protective Mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94987
- Title
- West of the Sun
- Author
- Pangborn, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Warwick Books
Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
Biblio member since 2004
South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- First Edition
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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