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The Sixth Winter
by Orgill, Douglas; with John Gribbin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671250167
- ISBN 13
- 9780671250164
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Ice age hits the world; misunderstood scientist struggles through Soviet Russia's Siberian wastes. Hardcover, blue cloth over sky-blue boards, gilt titling. Light wear to book; price-clipped jacket shows minor chipping, light edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- q0646
- Title
- The Sixth Winter
- Author
- Orgill, Douglas; with John Gribbin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671250167
- ISBN 13
- 9780671250164
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Catastrophe, Ice Age, Eskimos
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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