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A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Hawking, Stephen W; Sagan, Carl (introduction)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
London, UK: Bantum Press, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. x, 198pp, illustrated, with an introduction by Carl Sagan. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth very lightly faded at extreme tip of spine). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket (very lightly bumped at head of spine). Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape and adhesives. 8vo. A true first edition of this seminal work of popular science which sets out for the layman an introduction to cosmology, asking such fundamental questions as How Did the World Come Into Being? and How Will It Come to an End?, which fundamentally changed wider understanding of and interest in the nature of the universe. Copyright page says Published 1988 by Bantum Press, with no statement of reprints, and dust jacket has price at £14.95 (all as called for). This first edition includes an introduction by renowned astronomer, Carl Sagan; the introduction was removed after the first edition as the copyright was held by Sagan and the publisher did not have the rights to reprint it (Hawking wrote his own introduction for later editions).
Synopsis
A Brief History of Time (subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes") is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013447
- Title
- A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes
- Author
- Hawking, Stephen W; Sagan, Carl (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Bantum Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cosmology, The Universe, Black Holes, Big Bang, Astromony
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