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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