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Hellstrom's Hive
by Herbert, Frank
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1973. First Hardcover Edition, First Hardcover Printing, published as Book Club Edition, of title previously issued as Paperback Original. Correct first hardcover edition, with requisite code 42P at in lower gutter of page 277. Issued upon first publication by the Science Fiction Book Club. Fine / Near Fine. Octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 ½ inches. Ochre paper over board. Lettering and ruling in dark green on spine. Deckle fore-edge. 278 pp. Two blank leaves at end. Clean, unworn boards; tight, square binding; bright, clean pages. Ever so slightly canted, else Fine. Near Fine dustjacket has light rubbing/edgewear, two short closed tears at head of spine, shallow wrinkle at upper left corner of front panel; dark scuff at lower left corner of rear panel. Now in removeable archival cover.
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Details
- Seller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0000115
- Title
- Hellstrom's Hive
- Author
- Herbert, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Ochre paper over board
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hardcover Edition, First Hardcover Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 278
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
All listed items are physically in our possession and will normally ship within 48 hours, securely packaged to prevent damage in transit. Within the U.S., we ship USPS Media Mail with insurance against loss or damage. Tracking number provided. Orders with destinations outside the U.S., expedited shipments, oversized/heavy items or sets will require an update of shipping charges before the sale is completed. All items are returnable within 72 hours of receipt with prior notification, if found to be not as described. Safe return shipment is the client's responsibility.
About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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