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AND SOME WERE HUMAN
by del Rey, Lester
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Book. Illus. by L. Robert Tschirky; Sol Levin;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition - First State. 12mo. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. This is del Rey's first book, with the first-issue, hand-lettered title page. The dustjacket is chipped at the corners with a few small nicks and rubbing around the edges; also, there is a chip from the lower right of the front panel; the book itself has some minor foxing on the edges. Cover art by L. Robert Tschirky; interior line drawings by Sol Levin. This story collection contains: Hereafter Inc.; The Day is Done; Forsaking All Others; The Coppersmith; The Luck of Ignatz; The Faithful - del Rey's first published story; Dark Mission; Helen O'Loy; The Stars Look Down; The Renegade; The Wings of Night; and Nerves..
Synopsis
... And Some Were Human is a collection of science fiction short stories by author Lester del Rey. The collection was first published in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 3,050 copies of which 50 were specially bound, slipcased and signed by the author. The stories first appeared in the magazines Astounding and Unknown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 233353
- Title
- AND SOME WERE HUMAN
- Author
- del Rey, Lester
- Illustrator
- L. Robert Tschirky; Sol Levin;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition - First State
- Publisher
- Prime Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- speculative fiction; new wave; fantasy; future history; time travel; space opera; aliens; invasion; sf; rocket; robot; thriller; exploration; first contact; solar system; galaxy;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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