THE DREAMING JEWELS
by Sturgeon, Theodore
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, some light foxing to preliminaries, bump to lower right front corner, a
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg, [1950]. First edition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, some light foxing to preliminaries, bump to lower right front corner, a nearly fine copy in a fine, sharp dust jacket. Publisher's comment card laid in. (17591). Octavo, cloth. "...what if there were aliens on earth co-existing without being noticed because they weren't competing with people at all? What if somebody happened to discover them and tried to exploit them for his own purposes? What if his plans to make a better way of communicating with them went wrong? The human story Sturgeon uses to explore these questions doesn't go at all where you expect it to go." - from a book review by Jo Walton from the Tor website. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1098. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2215-17. King list, p. 391. In 333.
Synopsis
Theodore Sturgeon died in 1985.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17591
- Title
- THE DREAMING JEWELS
- Author
- Sturgeon, Theodore
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, some light foxing to preliminaries, bump to lower right front corner, a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Greenberg
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1950]
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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