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"THE SKY BLOCK" BOOKS: The Sky Block / The Sky Block
by Frazee, Steve
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Lion Library # LL 3 1st Printing 1954 & Pyramid Books # PG 13 1st Printing 1958 ----------2 vintage paperbacks, variants of the same title. Frazee wrote mainly westerns, this was his only science fiction novel. Originally published in hardcover by Rinehart, it had these 2 paperback reprints in the 1950s: Lion in 1954, and Pyramid in 1958. BOTH these reprints are offered here, as a "COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL". The front covers of the 2 books, both by artist Robert Maguire, are similar, making one wonder if they were both done at the time of the Lion printing (1954), and then the unused cover was used for the later Pyramid printing (1958). Both books have 158 pages, and it is obvious that the same plates were used for both printings. Of interest, though, is there are slight DIFFERENCES IN THE TEXT of the 2 books. Mild expletives, present in the earlier Lion printing, are changed or omitted in the later Pyramid printing. For example, on page 36 the mild curse "J____ C_____" is present in the Lion version, while the Pyramid version eliminates the line of text entirely. Another amusing example is on page 146, where "J____ C_____" from the Lion version is replaced by "For Pete's sake" in the Pyramid! There are likely other examples, the bookseller has not done a line-by-line comparison. The bookseller is not attentive enough to have noticed these text variations in a simple reading of the books, it is likely that he read something about it decades ago, and has forgotten the source of the information, not unusual for him as he ages. The Lion has edgewear, a corner crease, and is VG to VG+. The Pyramid has a starting gutter crack, spine and reading creases, and is VG. Interesting variant editions.. .. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Robert Maguire (front covers). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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- Bookseller
- John McCormick
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010662
- Title
- "THE SKY BLOCK" BOOKS: The Sky Block / The Sky Block
- Author
- Frazee, Steve
- Illustrator
- Robert Maguire (front covers)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- .
- Publisher
- New York: Lion Library # LL 3 1st Printing 1954 & Pyramid Books # PG 13 1st Printing 1958
- Keywords
- Variant Text
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
John McCormick
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About the Seller
John McCormick
Biblio member since 2003
Mississauga, Ontario
About John McCormick
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Glossary
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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....
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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