The Jewels of Aptor
by Delany, Samuel R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0575001313
- ISBN 13
- 9780575001312
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Gollancz, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x4x0. Signed. First hardcover edition, preceded by the Ace double in 1962. Signed by Delany at the title page, dated 2019. 189 pages. Red boards with gold spine titles, very good with lightly bumped spine tips, bumped lower fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket lightly scuffed and edgeworn, sunned to spine; very good in Mylar. Sticker ghost around cover price at front inner flap, where sticker has been removed. Cover price 25/- net. Small early bookseller's ticket at front paste down. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
The Jewels of Aptor is a 1962 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is Delany's first published novel. Prior to this, he had sold a pair of articles to Seventeen Magazine, only one of which was printed. A year before that, two prize stories had appeared in the national student magazine, Literary Cavalcade. The book first appeared as an Ace Double with Second Ending by James White.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2014092
- Title
- The Jewels of Aptor
- Author
- Delany, Samuel R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575001313
- ISBN 13
- 9780575001312
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 7x4x0
- X weight
- 10 oz
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