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by Aldiss, Brian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0881844586
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844580
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1989. First printing; stated First Carroll & Graf Edition, 1989. Midnight blue boards, grey spine wrap, blue metallic spine titles, fine. Pages fine, clean; no writing. Dj slight wear, unclipped 17.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Front wrapper w/glossy color illustration of shadowy figure, moon and mountain on front and spine; at back, praise from The Spectator, Sunday Telegraph, New Statesman, The Observer.. An austere and tragic retelling of one of the world's oldest stories, a bleakly humorous vignette depicting the earth's final hours, with a series of satirical tales set in the distant worlds of the Zodiacal Planets highlight this collection of 14 stories by one of sci-fi's most elegant stylists and winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Includes "The Aperture Moment" about art by machines. Belongs in libraries where Aldiss has a following. 223 pages. Few bookstore marks.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BiblioStax (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010319
- Title
- Last Orders
- Author
- Aldiss, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0881844586
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844580
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION SCIENCE
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...