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THE LONG TOMORROW
by Brackett, Leigh
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Offsetting to free end papers, genre bookplate affixed to front paste down, upper corners bruised, upper spine edge rubbed, a ve
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955. First edition. Offsetting to free end papers, genre bookplate affixed to front paste down, upper corners bruised, upper spine edge rubbed, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the edges, slight loss at the head of the spine panel, closed tears to the lower spine panel, shallow loss to lower rear edge, rear fold edge shows splits and loss. (27086). Octavo, boards. Post nuclear holocaust novel. "After nuclear war, the U.S. Constitution has been amended to limit the size of cities, and the predominant religiously conservative culture persecutes would-be scientific researchers as witches." - ANATOMY OF WONDER (2004) II-152. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-30.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27086
- Title
- THE LONG TOMORROW
- Author
- Brackett, Leigh
- Book Condition
- Used - Offsetting to free end papers, genre bookplate affixed to front paste down, upper corners bruised, upper spine edge rubbed, a ve
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- SF
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
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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