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New Worlds For Old.
by WELLS, H. G.:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1908 1st edition.. Hardback, approx 8 x 5.5 inches. Red cloth lettered in gold on spine and front, with gilt vignette on front cover. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Some minor rubbing to corners. Endpapers darkened. Some small spots to page edges else a very clean and tight copy. 355pp.
Synopsis
New Worlds for Old is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1971 as the thirty-fifth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. It was the fourth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series. The book collects fifteen fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77822
- Title
- New Worlds For Old.
- Author
- WELLS, H. G.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1908 1st edition.
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE H.G. WELLS, New Worlds For Old, first edition, 1st, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., gilt, vignette, scarce, 1908
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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