PEBBLE IN THE SKY
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy, corners very gently bumped, some mild age darkening to text pages in a very good price clipped dust jacket, wi
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First edition. A near fine copy, corners very gently bumped, some mild age darkening to text pages in a very good price clipped dust jacket, with some shelf wear and rubbing, rub/color mark across front panel lettering of Pebble. (10659). Octavo, jacket illustration by Richard Powers, cloth. The author's first SF novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-15.
Synopsis
Pebble in the Sky is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, published in 1950. This work is his first novel — parts of the Foundation series had appeared from 1942 onwards, in magazines, but Foundation was not published in book form until 1951. The original Foundation books are also a string of linked episodes, whereas this is a complete story involving a single group of characters.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10659
- Title
- PEBBLE IN THE SKY
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy, corners very gently bumped, some mild age darkening to text pages in a very good price clipped dust jacket, wi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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