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DOOMSDAY BOOK
by Willis, Connie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Touch of shelfwear to spine ends, a just about fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (13938)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First edition. Touch of shelfwear to spine ends, a just about fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (13938). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed by the Willis on the title page. 1993 Nebula award winner for best novel. 1993 Co-winner of the Hugo Award. "It's one of the best time travel stories ever written." - Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1265.
Synopsis
The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror. While spending the Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William "had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" .
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13938
- Title
- DOOMSDAY BOOK
- Author
- Willis, Connie
- Book Condition
- Used - Touch of shelfwear to spine ends, a just about fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (13938)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- SF Award . SF . Signed
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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