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Virgin Planet
by Anderson, Poul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Avalon Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good. Illustrated by Emshwiller, Ed (dustjacket). Pages crisp and clean except for some foxing at the head edge, modest toning along the hinges, a prior owner's name on the front endpaper, and a spot of adhesive stain on the front free endpaper; binding square and secure, full red cloth cover only mildly shelf-rubbed around the heel edges. Jacket has a small, closed tear at the spine head, shallow ripples (with no evidence of water damage) at the left front, some pale yellow spotting on the rear, a line of surface wear at the foreedge, and some very short wrinkles and some rubbing at spine heel and corners, otherwise well-kept, unclipped, now protected in a new, clear sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068893
- Title
- Virgin Planet
- Author
- Anderson, Poul
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Emshwiller, Ed (dustjacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Avalon Books
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
RETURNS: I will gladly accept returns when returned in "as sold" condition postmarked within 14 days of receipt of shipment. Postage will be refunded only if the return is the result of my error. DEALER DISCOUNT: To bona fide book dealers, I do offer a 10% discount with retail sales tax number. If you qualify, please mention this in your order.
About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Iowa City, Iowa
About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
The Haunted Bookshop is an open shop with over 40,000 quality used, out-of-print, and antiquarian titles for students, scholars, collectors, artists, families and children. The store has been in business for over 35 years, now in a historic home near downtown Iowa City. Our open hours are 10-8 daily.
Glossary
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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