Ahead of Time
by Henry Kuttner
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Bradford, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. 1st. Very Good+. Mass market pb, 1st mm pb edition. Very Good+ condition. Crease along front spine edge from opening the book. Tiny shelf wear at bottom of spine, tiny chip on top corner of back cover, tiny crease and chip on bottom corner of back cover. Minor chip on top of spine. The glue on the front cover has slightly separated from the first page. Spine is tight, pages are clean and crisp, edges are still dyed orange. Ballantine Books no. 30. Originally 35 cents. This book is a collection created by Kuttner of ten of his SF and Fantasy short stories, including "Home is the Hunter," one of his most famous stories. "This is an original publication-not a reprint." A statement on SF from Ballantine Books in the back along with what appears to be a list of similar Ballantine books. 177 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Star Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 765
- Title
- Ahead of Time
- Author
- Henry Kuttner
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Science fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Star Cat Books
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Bradford, Vermont
About Star Cat Books
New & gently used books, specializing in children's and science fiction. Good selection of general fiction, nonfiction, cooking, art, biography & autobiography, mystery, and religion.
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- 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....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- PB
- ...
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