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Gather, Darkness!
by Leiber, Fritz (Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pellegrini & Cudahy. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a first Edition, with copyright 1950 on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning edge wear and rubbing, along with some beginning nicking to the spine ends, corners and edges. There are a couple of small semi-closed tears to the edges as well. There is one small tear with some wrinkling to the front spine joint of the dust jacket, towards the bottom edges. "It tells the story of Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival powers at large in the world. 360 years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is fraught with chaos and superstition. The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge lost to the rest of humanity" (from Goodreads) .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A48203
- Title
- Gather, Darkness!
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz (Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Pellegrini & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Science Fiction And Fantasy, Fritz Leiber, Atomic age, Atomic / Nuclear, Nuclear War, Atomic Bomb, Post Apocalypic fiction, Speculative Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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