COMING ATTRACTIONS.
by Greenberg. Martin, Edited by. Introduction by Dwight Wayne Batteau
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near very good/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press Inc., (c. 1957). first edition. hardcover. near very good/very good. Part of the : Adventures in Science Fiction Series. Black and white illustrations. Octavo, brown cloth spine over gray cloth covers. Paper browning. Bottom cover corners bumped. 254 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, has a little wear at edges, still very good. Contributors include: L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Hatcher, Charles F. Hockett, Malcolm Jameson, C. M. Kornbluth, Willy Ley, Frederick Pohl, Donald F. Reines, R. S. Richardson. As editor Greenberg says, this book deals with "a fairly good sampling of ideas that cover the near future." Ideas that, mind you, "that may very well come true. While the articles are imaginative and speculative, they are treated as if the subjects covered were actual facts." 092715C
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000021009
- Title
- COMING ATTRACTIONS.
- Author
- Greenberg. Martin, Edited by. Introduction by Dwight Wayne Batteau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1957)
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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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