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THE YEAR AFTER TOMORROW: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories
by del Rey, Lester; Matschat, Cecile; Carmer, Carl
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. Fine in very good jacket.. Uncommon first edition of this mid-'50s illustrated young adult science fiction anthology in the scarce dust jacket, with stories by del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, and Robert Moore Williams. 9'' x 6''. Original green cloth stamped with red rocket ship. In original unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Mel Hunter. 339, [1] pages. Light edgewear to boards. 1'' chip to front jacket panel; additional minor chipping and wear to edges. Moderate foxing to rear panel and jacket verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48341
- Title
- THE YEAR AFTER TOMORROW: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories
- Author
- del Rey, Lester; Matschat, Cecile; Carmer, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Science Fiction,20th century,YA,1950s
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Fine
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