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DREAD COMPANION.
by NORTON, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1970].. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Dust Jacket. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black on spine panel. 234 pp. Of two noted binding variants, this is the assumed second issue with white endpapers. Small black pen stroke on top page edges (tucked into the top of the spine so not terribly noticable); otherwise about a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the spine tips.
¶ SF novel, dust jacket artwork by Richard M. Powers.
¶ SF novel, dust jacket artwork by Richard M. Powers.
Synopsis
Ace #16669.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 308847
- Title
- DREAD COMPANION.
- Author
- NORTON, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1970].
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About the Seller
Thompson Rare Books
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Hornby Island, British Columbia
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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