THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385171455
- ISBN 13
- 9780385171458
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over burnt sienna boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Kiyoshi Kanai, 250 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was an American writer of science fiction and popular science and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he is considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. The Sun Shines Bright is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov. It was the fifteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.-Wikipedia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2189
- Title
- THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385171455
- ISBN 13
- 9780385171458
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Sun, stars, planets, moons, elements, scientists, people, future, science, progrostications
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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