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Tales of Ten Worlds
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is very clean, tight and square. Boards clean, and sharp. Nice sharp spine ends. Text block has very light toning to edges, pages crisp and clean. Previous neat booksellers price in pencil to FEP. Near fine condition. Jacket has bright panels, with slightly toned spine. There are small (1mm) rubs upper foreedge corners and head of front joint, there is also a 2mm cloased tear to top edge of front panel. Rear panel has very feint dust marks to lower quarter. Overall a near fine copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. More images of this book are available please contact us if you require them. A super example of this collectible first edition first printing book, by one of the classic authors. In a much better than average Gollancz yellow jacket.
Synopsis
Tales of Ten Worlds is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007036
- Title
- Tales of Ten Worlds
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 223
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.66 lbs
- Keywords
- 2001 odyssey rama General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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