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The Conquest of Space
by Willy Ley & Wernher Von Braun
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Viking Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Chesley Bonestell. Ninth printing, Jan. 1958. Dust jacket has cracks and chipping from shelf wear, and small tear on the back. Blue boards and spine in fair condition: mildew stains on edge and shelf wear. Binding is tight and square, no markings within. Pages are only the slightest bit yellowed. From the Estate of James Gunn. Please reach out to seller for any additional questions about this listing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Farbeyond Society LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000202
- Title
- The Conquest of Space
- Author
- Willy Ley & Wernher Von Braun
- Illustrator
- Chesley Bonestell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Farbeyond Society LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Please mention under "Shipping Note" in checkout if you would like a mylar book jacket cover included.
**INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS**: International shipping prices are general estimates, please reach out to me for a price quote if you would like to see how much exactly shipping fees cost for whichever book(s) you are interested in.
About the Seller
Farbeyond Society LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Lawrence, Kansas
About Farbeyond Society LLC
Farbeyond Books sells used science fiction, fantasy, and other fiction books donated from the Estate of James Gunn, authors Chris McKitterick & Kij Johnson, and the Ad Astra Institute of Science Fiction and the Speculative Imagination - where a portion of the proceeds go.
Farbeyond Books is woman-owned and home-operated from Lawrence, Kansas. Check us out at farbeyondbooks.com
**INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS**: International shipping prices are general estimates, please reach out to me for a price quote if you would like to see how much exactly shipping fees cost for whichever book(s) you are interested in.
Farbeyond Books is woman-owned and home-operated from Lawrence, Kansas. Check us out at farbeyondbooks.com
**INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS**: International shipping prices are general estimates, please reach out to me for a price quote if you would like to see how much exactly shipping fees cost for whichever book(s) you are interested in.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Mildew
- Mildew is an all-too-common affliction that plagues books and erodes their collectibility, value and preservation. A fungus...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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