Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. First UK Edition. Octavo. 236 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver.
Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with some slight chipping along edges. A bit heavier toning to edges and spine. Boards show light shelfwear and corners mildly bumped. Touch of spotting to edges of text block, but overall pages clean and unmarked.
Includes "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy." Originally published in book form in the U.S. in 1959.
Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with some slight chipping along edges. A bit heavier toning to edges and spine. Boards show light shelfwear and corners mildly bumped. Touch of spotting to edges of text block, but overall pages clean and unmarked.
Includes "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy." Originally published in book form in the U.S. in 1959.
Synopsis
Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the USA in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favourite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy". Nine Tomorrows has been reprinted several times.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11248
- Title
- Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dennis Dobson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.