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Children of Wonder
by Tenn, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in an about Very Good jacket, soiled and stained at the spine, lightly rubbed at the edges. Grey boards, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound with a dusted yellow top stain, clean internally. A collection of twenty-one stories bringing together work from Saki, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, and others.
Reviews
On Sep 28 2017, a reader said:
I used to borrow this book from the library repeatedly when I was a kid, and some of the stories in it have never left me. In fact, I think I may have just kept it, finally. It's a great book and I'm so glad to find it here!
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9544
- Title
- Children of Wonder
- Author
- Tenn, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, SF, Sci-fi, 20th Century Fiction, Short Stories, Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson, Huxley, Kornbluth, Padgett, Merril, Capote
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
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