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World of Ptavvs (1st/1st Signed)
by Niven, Larry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0356024652
- ISBN 13
- 9780356024653
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MacDonald & Co, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with a very slight lean. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with lovely off-white edges. The FEPs have extremely feint offset tape marks to the bottom edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Very well bound and feels hardly read. Single minor bump to head of spine, Near fine condition. The jacket has very bold colours to the spine and panel. At some point there must have been a taped protector as there is historic tape residue to the top and bottom edges of the jacket, going on to the flaps. The tape residue is more prominent to the rear white panel that is otherwise clean. no rips tears or rubs. A near fine book in a near fine jacket.Signed and dedicated to the title page by author. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A signed example of this very collectible first edition first printing title, "To Roger / Best wishes / Larry Niven" Niven's first novel, looks super on the shelf in the archival fitted cover.
Synopsis
World of Ptavvs is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven, first published in 1966 and set in his Known Space universe. It was Niven's first published novel and is based on a 1965 short story of the same name.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007069
- Title
- World of Ptavvs (1st/1st Signed)
- Author
- Niven, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0356024652
- ISBN 13
- 9780356024653
- Publisher
- MacDonald & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 159
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 400 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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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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- Text Block
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- Flap(s)
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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