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Fifth Planet
by Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Heinemann, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. First Edition. 218 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Heavier foxing to front, rear and text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, tape and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713539098LEE
- Title
- Fifth Planet
- Author
- Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...