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A Crystal Age
by Hudson William Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Original cloth, modest wear at corners, wear cracking and a bit of loss to cloth at spine ends, inner joints weak and front endpaper detached and worn but present, rear joint and inner hinge cracked. Slight browning, contemporary gift inscription to title, otherwise clean internally. Housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase with chemise. 287pp with a 24 page publisher's catalog at rear. The scarce first edition of Hudson's classic Utopian novel, published a year before Bellamy's Looking Backward and one of the lasting additions to turn of the century utopian/dystopian literature. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 045686.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045686
- Title
- A Crystal Age
- Author
- Hudson William Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Science Fiction & Fantasy; NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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