Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Earl Kemp. Introduction by Wilson Tucker. Collector's Edition limited to 125 copies, this being one of the 25 copies not offered for sale. Inscribed by Bloch to publisher Jon Stopa on the front endpaper. Very Good, no jacket. Red cloth, a stain on the front board, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the edges, clean internally. A collection of Bloch's science fiction and fantasy fan writing collected over twenty-five years.

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Bookseller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8938
Title: The Eighth Stage of Fandom
Author: Bloch, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Advent: Publishers
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1962
Keywords: Science Fiction, Fantasy, 20th Century Fiction, Literary Criticism, Social Criticism

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