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Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1990. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!
Synopsis
Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game. However, due to relativistic space travel Ender himself (who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin or by his title "Speaker for the Dead") is only about 35 years old. This is the first book to talk about Starways Congress, a high standpoint Legislation for the human colonies.
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- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0295
- Title
- Speaker for the Dead
- Author
- Orson Scott Card
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 415
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
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About Barbed Wire Books
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Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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