ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS....
by Padgett, Lewis [Henry Kuttner]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Referenced in Barron: Antomy of Wonder 1987, 3-245. Referenced in Chalker & Owings: The Science-Fantasy Publishers, pg 199. Collects five Galloway Gallagher stories. Bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, hidden under the dust jacket flap. A hint of toning along the edges of the text block, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket with one tiny chip to the lower edge of the front panel.
Synopsis
Robots Have No Tails is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. It has been reprinted in 2009 by Paizo Publishing LLC's Planet Stories Line of books, with a new introduction by F. Paul Wilson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45504
- Title
- ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS....
- Author
- Padgett, Lewis [Henry Kuttner]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...