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Beyond the Barrier [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Damon Knight
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. First Edition (stated). Octavo; publisher's cloth in reddish-orange pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 188pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including short closed tear at spine crown with brief tape repair, small label to title page gutter edge with subsequent offsetting to adjacent leaves; nevertheless, a Very Good and sound copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
Hard science fiction novel set in the not-too-distant future (1980), where a duplicator can allow a physics professor to be in nine classrooms at once. Mayhem ensues. Originally published in a shorter version as "The Tree of Life" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Hard science fiction novel set in the not-too-distant future (1980), where a duplicator can allow a physics professor to be in nine classrooms at once. Mayhem ensues. Originally published in a shorter version as "The Tree of Life" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13971
- Title
- Beyond the Barrier [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- Damon Knight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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