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Wolfbane
by Pohl, Frederik; Kornbluth, C.M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Gollancz, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Lovely sharp spine ends, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels gently read. Very good condition. Jacket has toning and small losses to spine. front panel has few marks (possibly tea slashes). The rear panel has a 30mm split to foot of joint, and a 15mm spit to fore edge. All fore edge corners have small 1-2mm rubs. Jacket grades very good and in the archival cover on the shelf looks very reasonable. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very good copy of this first edition first printing book, the last of the Kornbluth-Pohl collaborations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005298
- Title
- Wolfbane
- Author
- Pohl, Frederik; Kornbluth, C.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 188
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.65 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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