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Methuselah's Children
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1941) But [1958]: Gnome Press. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with red lettering on black cloth spine [Currey, Binding A", with first issue dust jacket showing publisher's address at 80 east 11th st New York with list of 35 titles of Gnome science fiction classics. 188 pages. Anatomy of Wonder (2004), II-514 This is a major part of Heinlein's Future of History series. Bound in black paper covered boards, spine lettering red, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a few old tape mends to undersidesome chipping along upper edge with just a bit of wear to spine ends and usual toning to leaves. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028337
- Title
- Methuselah's Children
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1941) But [1958]
- Keywords
- Anatomy of Wonder; Heinlein's Future of History Series;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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