Fact and Fancy: Seventeen Speculative Essays by Isaac Asimov
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Fact and Fancy is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by Isaac Asimov. It was the first of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Doubleday & Company first published it in March 1962. It was also published in paperback by Pyramid Books as part of The Worlds of Science series. The only essay that did not appear in Fantasy and Science Fiction was "Our Lonely Planet", which first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19217
- Title
- Fact and Fancy: Seventeen Speculative Essays by Isaac Asimov
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- rare Isaac Asimov, rare science fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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