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Seeds of Life
by Taine, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Taine to fellow science fiction author Chad Oliver. Limited to 300 signed copies. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.75), generally soiled, loss at the edges and folds. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, clean otherwise. Writing as John Taine, Dr. E.T. Bell of the California Institute of Technology crafts the story of man evolved from experiments with atomic energy.
Synopsis
Seeds of Life is a science fiction novel by author John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,991 copies. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Amazing Stories Quarterly
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8166
- Title
- Seeds of Life
- Author
- Taine, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, SF, Sci-fi, Atom Bomb, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Energy, 20th Century Fiction, American Fiction, Manhattan Project
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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