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“…and Some Were Human”
by Del Rey, Lester
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition, second state of title page with 1949 date. Octavo. B/W drawings by Sol Levin. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped; minor rubbing to edges) designed by L. Robert Tschirky. Very good. 331 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Author's first book. Not in Ahearn. Currey, page 142; "…one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222435
- Title
- “…and Some Were Human”
- Author
- Del Rey, Lester
- Illustrator
- Sol Levin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prime Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 331
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Biblio member since 2009
Palm Springs, California
About Houle Rare Books & Autographs
2699 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262By appointment only.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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