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Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories
by Card, Orson Scott
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0356091988
- ISBN 13
- 9780356091983
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macdonald, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Sharp spine ends. Text block clean, with moderate toning to edges. Feels lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket is glossy with bold colours and grades fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A near fine copy of this Card collection of short stories, contains: Tin Men [Poem]; Introduction: An Open Letter to the Author by Ben Bova; Ender's Game [novelette] ; Kingsmeat ; Deep Breathing Exercises; Closing the Timelid; I Put My Blue Genes On; Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory; Mortal Gods; Quietus; The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun; The Porcelain Salamander; Unaccompanied Sonata; Afterword: On Origins by Orson Scott Card. A very attractive copy for a collector's shelves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007724
- Title
- Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories
- Author
- Card, Orson Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0356091988
- ISBN 13
- 9780356091983
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 272
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 0 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Edges
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