First Lensman
by Smith, Edward E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1950. First edition stated. Attractive blue cloth with gilt lettering still has sharp corners but some light wear to spine ends. Offset to front pastedown from something being laid in. Exterior page edges show faint foxing but none to interior text block which is tight, square and clean with no markings of any kind. Jacket has chip at head of spine which removes last part of Edward from author's name which is placed at very top of spine. Moderate edgewear. Jacket wrapped in Brodart to protect it. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by A.J. Donnell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004916
- Title
- First Lensman
- Author
- Smith, Edward E
- Illustrator
- A.J. Donnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Pa.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
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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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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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