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Artifact
by Benford, Gregory
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312930488
- ISBN 13
- 9780312930486
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tor Books, 1985. 1st Ptg. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. (1st ptg.) Slightly smaller, thicker book, blue cloth, very tiny surface nick at front right, very bright silver lettering on spine, ink initials small at top left on title page, 533 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy white with color montage of man, woman, soldier, rocket and artifacts on front, aircraft on spine middle, praise on back from Booklist and Poul Anderson. DJ has micronick at top front spine indentation and spine top middle edge, light creaeses at top and bottom back edges. DJ and book, both Very Good.
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
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37089
- Title
- Artifact
- Author
- Benford, Gregory
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ptg.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312930488
- ISBN 13
- 9780312930486
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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