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Forbidden Planet
by W. J. Stuart
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Stated: 1st printing, 1956.
Book is in Near Fine condition, with greatest flaw being the spine is lightly cocked. Some foxing at top cover edges. Pages clean and tight.
Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, with minimal edgewear (now in Brodart dust jacket protector). Bit of foxing at jacket fore edges (mostly the front one) and a bit at the top of the rear jacket flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20184
- Title
- Forbidden Planet
- Author
- W. J. Stuart
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- science fiction, sci fi, first edition, forbidden planet, 1956, 1950s, novel, fiction, literature, classics, w j stuart, space, adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Sci-Fi/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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