Five Against Venus
by LATHAM, Philip (aka Robert Shirley Richardson)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red boards stamped in black on spine; illustrated endpaper art by Alex Schomburg; dustjacket by Virgil Finlay; 214pp. some soiling mostly to upper textblock; a few minor bumps to board edge; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2,00); nicks and edgewear to the extremities; small chips at spine ends; Very Good.
This is an intergalactic desert island story described as "a Venusian Robinsonade" CLUTE and NICHOLLS, 1275.
This is an intergalactic desert island story described as "a Venusian Robinsonade" CLUTE and NICHOLLS, 1275.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52214
- Title
- Five Against Venus
- Author
- LATHAM, Philip (aka Robert Shirley Richardson)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.