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THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES #1
by Leigh Brackett
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[LEIGH BRACKETT] (EDITOR). THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES #1. Ballantine Books, New York, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Condition: G+. Appears gently read, creases to covers, micro-chips to extremities, soiling to outer edges of text block, foxing verso of wrappers, edge wear, else pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. Contains stories from Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Ross Rocklynne, Poul Anderson and many others with first appearances from the pulp magazine Planet Stories during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Cover art by Kelly Freas. Science fiction / fantasy anthology vintage paperback original, collectible. 212 pgs. 16mo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-1057
- Title
- THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES #1
- Author
- Leigh Brackett
- Illustrator
- Kelly Freas
- Format/Binding
- Softcover / Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 212
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Ross Rocklynne, Poul Anderson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Pulp Fiction;
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Astro Trader Books
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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....
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