ISLANDS IN THE NET
by STERLING, BRUCE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. All edged gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. A copy of Collector's Note laid-in. Color frontispiece by Kent Bash. First published in 1988, nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1989.348pp.. Collected Edition. Full Deep Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
Synopsis
Islands in the Net, a 1988 science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1989, and was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards that same year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014698
- Title
- ISLANDS IN THE NET
- Author
- STERLING, BRUCE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collected Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....