The City and the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. An attractive copy of the 1956 stated first edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 310 pgs. Two very small and light tape ghosts to the front endpaper, tasteful former owner bookplate to front pastedown. Very light chipping along the dustjacket's spine crown as well. Still though, clean and bright and very striking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2716
- Title
- The City and the Stars
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Rare Science fiction, Rare Arthur C. Clarke
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....