Xenocide (Ender Series)
by Card, Orson Scott
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312850565
- ISBN 13
- 9780312850562
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Tor Books, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Very sharp spine ends, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with white edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Fine condition. Jacket lovely and glossy unmarked, Jacket grades fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A beautiful fine copy of this the third title on the Ender series, fantastic copy for a collector.
Synopsis
Xenocide (1991) is the third novel in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card. It was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards for Best Novel in 1992. The title is a combination of 'xeno-', meaning alien, and '-cide', referring to the act of killing; altogether referring to the act of selectively killing aliens.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007344
- Title
- Xenocide (Ender Series)
- Author
- Card, Orson Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312850565
- ISBN 13
- 9780312850562
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 394
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 2100 g
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