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Undersea Trilogy - Undersea Quest, Undersea City, Undersea Fleet - 2 Signed
by POHL, Frederik & WILLIAMSON, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG+
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dennis Dobson, 1966, 1967 & 1968 1966. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG+. Undersea Quest 1st UK Edition, 12.7 x 20 cm brown boards with silver stamped titles to the spine, 189 [3]pp with unclipped dust jacket priced at 15s. Undersea City, 1st UK Edition, 12.7 x 20 cm black boards with silver stamped titles to the spine, 188pp with unclipped dust jacket priced at 21s. Undersea Fleet, 1st UK Edition, 12.7 x 20 cm black boards with silver stamped titles to the spin,e 187[1]pp with unclipped dust jacket priced at 21s. Both Undersea City and Undersea Fleet have been signed by both Frederick Pohl & Jack Williamson. Undersea Quest has clean boards with slight very faint mottling and only the merest hint of shelf wear. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a touch of spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket has a little dust staining to the rear and toning to the spine with a fine 1cm line at the top of the spine. There is no rubbing to the spine tips and the merest hint to the corners. Undersea City is in excellent condition with clean bright firm boards. Internally clean, with just the authors' signatures on the title page and some spotting to the edge of the text block almost exclusively along the top edge. The dust jacket is bright and unfaded with a tiny 2mm tear on the top edge of the front panel and a hint of rubbing to the corners only. Undersea Fleet has clean, firm boards with the merest touch of shelf wear. Internally clean, with just the authors' signatures on the title page and some spotting to the edge of the text block almost exclusively along the top edge. The dust jacket has some spotting and is a little toned on the spine. The white on the rear panel is lightly dust marked. All in removable clear covers (not shown). All in all, a lovely 1st UK Edition set with the added benefit of the author's signatures in two of the three books. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
The Undersea Trilogy is a series of three Science Fiction novels by authors Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. The novels were first published by Gnome Press beginning in 1954. The novels were collected in a single omnibus volume published by Baen Books in 1992. The story takes place in and around the underwater dome city called Marinia. The hero of the stories is cadet Jim Eden of the Sub-Sea Academy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202368
- Title
- Undersea Trilogy - Undersea Quest, Undersea City, Undersea Fleet - 2 Signed
- Author
- POHL, Frederik & WILLIAMSON, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG+
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- Dennis Dobson
- Date Published
- 1966, 1967 & 1968 1966
- Keywords
- Science Fiction|Nautical|Signed|Adventure
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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