The Bird of Time
by Wallace West
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. G/none, used, F-114, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 224pp. Interior clean, no marks except faint price at the top fore-corner of the ffep, pages toning, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, paper worn at the head and tail of the spine, corners slightly rubbed.
Synopsis
The Bird of Time is a science fiction novel by author Wallace West. It was published in 1959 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 2,102 were never bound. The novel is a fix-up of four of West's short stories that had originally appeared in the magazines Astounding and Thrilling Wonder Stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029718
- Title
- The Bird of Time
- Author
- Wallace West
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ace Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
- Keywords
- WALLACE WESAT, BIRD OF TIME,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.