Expedition to Earth
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ballatine Books, New York, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition, 1953 with no mention of later printings. Book is in fine condition. A very clean, square copy. Dust jacket is very good with chipping along the top edge and at all corners. Bottom of the jacket at the spine has a piece missing as well at top right of rear of jacket. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1310042
- Title
- Expedition to Earth
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Ballatine Books, New York
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....