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The Cosmic Geoids and One Other
by Taine, John [Eric Temple Bell]; Lou Goldstone [Illustrator]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good-. Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949; stated First Edition, no additional printings indicated; 179pp. Jacket design and illustration by Lou Goldstone. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of brown pebbled cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text, illustrations very good throughout; very light foxing to page block edges; previous owner inscription on front end page. Edges of unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket are chipped and frayed; some light toning, dust soiling to panels; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300680
- Title
- The Cosmic Geoids and One Other
- Author
- Taine, John [Eric Temple Bell]; Lou Goldstone [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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