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Divide and Rule (Ltd Ed. Signed Association copy)
by de Camp, L. Sprague
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. ( FPCI), 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing, hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards clean with slightly softened corners. Text block clean, with toning to edges. There is a previous owners neat name in black ink to the FEP. Feels carefully read. Near Fine condition. Alas, the price-clipped jacket grades as poor as it has large losses and rubbing to the spine and front panel. With smaller losses to the joint ends. The colours are still bold. The rear cover has a thumb sized loss to the top edge and some minor marking. Signed and dedicated by author to limitation page. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A nice example of this book in a poor jacket, in first printing state. This copy is one of the 500 limited edition examples this being numbered 88/500. It is signed and dedicated by the author: "Best regards to Alexis Gilliland / L Sprague de Camp" Alexis Gilliland is an American science fiction writer and cartoonist, and won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1982, four Hugos. Contains the stories Divide and Rule and The Stolen Doormouse. A great association copy that comes from the estate of Roger Earnshaw, SF collector, well known at British conventions and fandom.
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- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007444
- Title
- Divide and Rule (Ltd Ed. Signed Association copy)
- Author
- de Camp, L. Sprague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. ( FPCI)
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 248
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.54 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
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- New
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