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Artifact
by Benford, Gregory (SIGNED!!)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312930488
- ISBN 13
- 9780312930486
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Tor, 1985 First printing of the First Edition June 1985 in Good condition with a Good unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. DJ art by Dan Gonzalez. Signed on the title page (signature only) by Gregory Benford.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Hardcover.
Synopsis
ArtifactA small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaean tomb.An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age,its purpose, and its origins are unknown.Its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft andespionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.Its substance has scientists baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.It is mystery and madness -- an enigma with no equal in recordedhistory. It is mankind's greatest discovery ... and worst nightmare.It may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.A small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaen tomb.An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age, its purpose, and its origins are unknown.Its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft and espionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.Its substance has scientist baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.It is mystery and madness-an enigma with no equal in recorded history. It is mankind's greatest discovery...and worst nightmare.It may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Massoglia Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H16102
- Title
- Artifact
- Author
- Benford, Gregory (SIGNED!!)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312930488
- ISBN 13
- 9780312930486
- Publisher
- Tor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Autographed Science Fiction SciFi SF
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