NORTHWEST OF EARTH
by Moore, C. L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 216 Pages; G/G; Spine is grey with white lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has price uncut '$3.00', has minor shelf-wear along the top and bottom edges; spine has scotch tape placed on the top and bottom edge, has severe discoloration from the rest of the dust jacket due to sun exposure; binding has wear damage on the bottom and top edges of the spine, and has two small liquid stains on the ffep that bleed into the title page;
NOTE: Shelved Room X, Sci/fi shelf. 1306648. FP New Rockville Stock.
Synopsis
Northwest of Earth is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by C. L. Moore. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains stories about Moore's characters Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1306648
- Title
- NORTHWEST OF EARTH
- Author
- Moore, C. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....