Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Company, 1948. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black boards with minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, rubbing and soil; a few small tears and chips <1"; minor toning along edges; flaps not clipped. Binding a little shaken, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Date penned to ffep verso. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 141 pp. Includes van Vogt's stories "The Sea Thing", "The Witch", "The Ghost" and Hull's stories "The Wishes We Make", "The Patient", "The Ultimate Wish". Jacket design by Roy Hunt.

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Bookseller: Albion Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002915
Title: Out of the Unknown
Author: A. E. van Vogt, E. Mayne Hull
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
Jacket Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus)
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Fantasy Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Los Angeles, CA
Date Published: 1948
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Weight: 2.00 lbs

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Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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"...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.