DRAGON'S ISLAND By JACK WILLIAMSON 1951
- Used
- good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Running Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Unknown Binding. Good. Signed and inscribed by Jack Williamson to the previous owner on the title page. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8 ”. 246 pp. Good in a fair dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Moderate rubbing and soiling to the dust jacket with chipping, creases and closed tears mainly along the edges. Moderate rubbing to the rear board. Previous owner’s name in ink on the front pastedown and the front free endpaper. The text is unmarked. The binding shaken and beginning to split in areas, but it is still intact.
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- Bookseller
- R. Rivers Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOK1.5-071818010
- Title
- DRAGON'S ISLAND By JACK WILLIAMSON 1951
- Format/Binding
- Unknown Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Product_type
- 1
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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