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THE BLACK STAR PASSES
by Campbell, John W
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1953. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Signed limited first edition of these three connected Golden Age science fiction novellas by the formative sf editor, originally appearing in AMAZING STORIES and edited for book publication by Lloyd Arthur Eschbach. 7.25'' x 5''. Original purple cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($3.00) pictorial dust jacket by Ric Binkley. 254 pages. Edition of 3000 copies, of which 500 are numbered and autographed. This copy no. 17, signed by Campbell at colophon. Minor spotting to cloth. Minor creasing, light chipping and toning to jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50625
- Title
- THE BLACK STAR PASSES
- Author
- Campbell, John W
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading, PA
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Science Fiction,20th century,1950s,US American
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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
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Colophon
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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...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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