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Desolation Road (Signed Slipcased Ltd. Ed.)
by McDonald, Ian
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0947578021
- ISBN 13
- 9780947578022
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birmingham: Drunken Dragon Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Text block clean and white with unmarked sliver gilt edges. Unread fine condition. Jacket fine, unmarked. The slip case grades fine, lovely, no issues. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A super example of this highly regarded novel, in the very uncommon Drunken Dragon Press limited edition. Winner of the 1989 Locus award for best first novel, and Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee. Signed to the limitation page this copy being 93/150.
Synopsis
Ian McDonald is the author of Planesrunner, Be My Enemy , and Empress of the Sun , in the Everness series. He has written thirteen science fiction novels--including the 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel, The Dervish House --as well as Brasyl, River of Gods, Cyberabad Days, Ares Express, Desolation Road, King of Morning, Queen of Day, Out on Blue Six, Chaga , and Kirinya . He's been nominated for every major science fiction award, and even won some. McDonald also works in television and in program development--all those reality shows have to come from somewhere--and has written for screen as well as print. He lives in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast, and loves to travel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007846
- Title
- Desolation Road (Signed Slipcased Ltd. Ed.)
- Author
- McDonald, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0947578021
- ISBN 13
- 9780947578022
- Publisher
- Drunken Dragon Press
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 373
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 0 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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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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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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