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In Search of Wonder; Essays on Modern Science Fiction
by Knight, Damon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. Illustrated by J.L. Patterson. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.00), lightly soiled, a small closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Grey cloth, mottled from moisture at the top edges, gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, endpapers soiled, clean otherwise. This is the first book published by Advent, and this copy came from the personal collection of one of its founders, John Stopa.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8944
- Title
- In Search of Wonder; Essays on Modern Science Fiction
- Author
- Knight, Damon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Advent: Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism, Science Fiction, Golden Age, Sturgeon, Bradbury, Heinlein, Van Vogt
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Gilt
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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