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Away and Beyond
by van Vogt, A. E
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First edition. 8vo, 309pp. Inscribed by van Vogt on the title page to the former owner. Publisher's navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt in illustrated jacket by Glanzman-Parker. Couple light scuffs to boards else near fine in very good jacket, price clipped, spine a bit sunned, and with some light rubbing to edges and along folds.
Collects "Vault of the Beast," "Asylum," and others. .
Collects "Vault of the Beast," "Asylum," and others. .
Synopsis
A Jove/HJB Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6348
- Title
- Away and Beyond
- Author
- van Vogt, A. E
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 309pp. Inscribed by van Vogt on the title page to the former owner. Publisher's navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt in illus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Pellegrini & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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