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When Worlds Collide; after Worlds Collide. (Two Volumes in One)
by Wylie, Philip and Edwin Balmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1933/1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Original grey cloth titled in blue, dark topstain. Presumed first edition. 344, 341pp. Bookplate to fep, PO name/address pencilled below bookplate. Slight pencilling to rear pastedown. Spine ends a bit pushed. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn, 4cm tear at gutter, with some creasing associated. Flap price $2.95. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
When Worlds Collide is a 1933 science fiction novel co-written by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer; they both also co-authored the sequel After Worlds Collide (1934). It was first published as a six-part monthly serial in Blue Book magazine, illustrated by Joseph Franké.
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46169
- Title
- When Worlds Collide; after Worlds Collide. (Two Volumes in One)
- Author
- Wylie, Philip and Edwin Balmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1933/1934
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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