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The Castle of Iron
by L. Sprague, Fletcher de Camp and Pratt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Gnome Press, New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. L. SPRAGUE de CAMP and FLETCHER PRATT. The Castle of Iron, New York: Gnome Press, 1950. 12mo, first edition, pp. 224, orange cloth boards with purple stamped lettering to spine, dragon and castle on front, former owner's name stamped on free front endpaper and title page. A scientist's adventure in another dimension. Condition of this book: Jacket sunned at spine, with minor flaking. Publisher used better-than-usual paper here, so there is none of the browning that is so typical of Gnome Press books. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54022. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54022
- Title
- The Castle of Iron
- Author
- L. Sprague, Fletcher de Camp and Pratt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. L. Sprague, Fletcher de Camp and Pratt The Castle of Iron
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Warwick, New York
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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