TIGER BY THE TAIL: And Other Science Fiction Stories..
by Nourse, Alan E
- Used
- Condition
- Tape ghosts to paste downs, ink stamp to front free end paper, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with chipping to edge
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., [1961]. Second printing. Tape ghosts to paste downs, ink stamp to front free end paper, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with chipping to edges, clear tape repair to lower front panel and matching tape ghosts to flap edges. (31019). Octavo, cloth. Collects nine stories. "Nine sprightly tales, mainly from the 50s" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 373. Ink stamp of noted Hollywood literary agent H. N. Swanson on front free end paper. Swanson was one of the leading literary agents from the 1930s onward, at one time he represented F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pearl Buck, Raymond Chandler and William Faulkner. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-298. Reginald 10859.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31019
- Title
- TIGER BY THE TAIL: And Other Science Fiction Stories..
- Author
- Nourse, Alan E
- Book Condition
- Used - Tape ghosts to paste downs, ink stamp to front free end paper, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with chipping to edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1961]
- Keywords
- SF . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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