A Brief History of Time:From the Big Bang to Black Holes by HAWKING, Stephen W - 1988
by HAWKING, Stephen W
A Brief History of Time:From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by HAWKING, Stephen W
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True first U.S. edition, first printing. 198pp incl. glossary and index. With an introduction by Carl Sagan. Near fine, with extremely light foxing, in fine unclipped first state BCE dust jacket. Dust jacket in mylar protector. No markings, stamps or labels.
Meets all first edition points for first edition BCE, per fedpo.com:
"The U.S. first edition was quickly recalled and scrapped because, in the author's words, it was full of errors, with misplaced and erroneously labeled photographs and diagrams. Some scrapped copies escaped, and can be identified primarily by a silver dust jacket similar to the color of the UK dust jacket. The first state entirely lacks the table of contents and dedication statement. It has a full number line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page. But its ISBN (0-553-05243-8) is different that the ISBN on the second state replacement.
The first state of the U.S. edition also has an extra passage on page 34 comprising two paragraphs. This passage was removed on the second issue, and on all subsequent printings; and it is also not found on the UK first edition. The passage discusses a scenario with two freely moving observers, and ends with this conclusion:
Thus, in relativity, neither the position in space nor the time of an event is absolute. They both depend on the motion of the observer.
To make matters more complicated, we have discovered what appears to be a book club edition of the U.S. first state. It has the exact same silver dust jacket, but it lacks the price on the front flap, and it lacks the barcode on the back panel. Unfortunately, the book itself looks identical to the true first state. There is no book club emboss nor any gutter markings."
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- Book Condition Used - Fine
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- Edition First
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0553052438
- ISBN 13 9780553052435
- Publisher Bantam Books
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1988
- Keywords Book club
- Size 8 vo.
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A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Hawking, Stephen
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
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A Brief History of Time; From the Big Bang to Black Holes
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME from the Big Bang to Black Holes intro. by carl sagan
by HAWKING, STEPHEN W
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
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1988 1st US Edtn Rare uncorrected proof. Grey card wrappers, with titles printed in black. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME: FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES By Stephen Hawking Illus. Very Good Science
by Stephen Hawking
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