The War Against The Rull
by A.E. Van Vogt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover published by Simon & Schuster, 1959. This is a Book club edition. The story of Trevor Jamieson, a Scientist who has to formulate a last chance defense against the threat from the alien race known as the Rull. Gray colored hardcover boards, with the author name and title imprinted on the spine in red. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped, there is a bump mark though on the bottom edge f the back cover board. The red colored top-stain on the top edge of the text block does not appear to be faded. The dust jacket is protected with a clear, removable jacket. Jacket has a 1" long chip on the head of the spine and a 1/4" chip at the heel. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Not a library discard. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Ace #87180. Cover art by John Schoenherr. This novel is a fix-up of six short stories which originally appeared in "Astounding Science Fiction": Co-Operate -- Or Else! (1942), The Second Solution (1942), The Sound (1950), The Green Forest (1949), The Rull (1948), and Repetition (1940) (a.k.a. The Gryb).
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Details
- Seller
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 22-04261
- Title
- The War Against The Rull
- Author
- A.E. Van Vogt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....