Genus Homo
by de Camp, L. Sprague (& P. Schuyler Miller)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Farway, Colyton, Devon, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fantasy Press: PA, 1950. First edition (& 1st binding). Hardcover. SF novel. First state (Currey A) binding of green cloth with lettering and rule stamped in gilt. Three clippings of short reviews of the book affixed to front paste-down, page edges a little browned, a near fine copy in a fair (Edd Cartier) dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cold Tonnage Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52090
- Title
- Genus Homo
- Author
- de Camp, L. Sprague (& P. Schuyler Miller)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (& 1st binding)
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press: PA
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
Cold Tonnage Books
All books can be returned for a full refund for any reason within 14 days.
About the Seller
Cold Tonnage Books
Biblio member since 2005
Farway, Colyton, Devon
About Cold Tonnage Books
I am the foremost British bookseller of fine, collectable, signed 1st editions of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural. Full-time (it pays the mortgage) since 1989. All books bubble-wrapped and sent in card boxes.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Fine
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- 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...
- First Edition
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