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by Tilley, Patrick
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0722185146
- ISBN 13
- 9780722185148
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* 1st Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1977 (1975)* Publisher: Sphere Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Considerable shelf wear to edges & corners. Creases & dish to spine, light crease to hinge. Overall somewhat grubby. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight colouration to paper throughout especially to all edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 416 pp. text.* Product Description:- A reprint of a science fiction thriller about humanity's first contact with advanced alien intelligence, in which an undercover team of the best brains in the US government try to analyse an enigma for which they are unprepared.* This is a GOOD reprint copy with some age & shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1139
- Title
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- Author
- Tilley, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Reprint 1977
- ISBN 10
- 0722185146
- ISBN 13
- 9780722185148
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Place of Publication
- London UK 416
- Date Published
- 1977-04-21
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- Hinge
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- Reprint
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