Spectrum 2 : A Second Anthology of Science Fiction
by Conquest, Robert Amis Kingsley ;
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- GD/ACC/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1965* Publisher: Pan Science Fiction.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated, soft card covers. Considerable shelf wear to edges & corners. Creases to spine, hinge & front cover. Spine split at tail. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Some marks and small signature to half title page, otherwise no annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Some colouration to page margins and edges grubby. GD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 286 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The Spectrum series of Science Fiction anthologies, edited by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest, have been unanimously voted, one after the other, as outstanding in their field. Includes items by Philip K. Dick, James Blish, Henry Kuttner and Isaac Asimov amongst others.* This is a NEAR GOOD copy of the 1st./1st. with considerable age and shelf wear reducing it to ACC.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3102
- Title
- Spectrum 2 : A Second Anthology of Science Fiction
- Author
- Conquest, Robert Amis Kingsley ;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - GD/ACC/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Pan Books, 1965, M75, 1st printing,
- Place of Publication
- London UK 288
- Date Published
- 1965-01-01
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- 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
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- Title Page
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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