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Norstrilia: Available Copies
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $26.96
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $26.96
Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
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Seller: Centigrade 233 (Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $27.00
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TOTAL Cost: $27.00
First revised edition. The story of a boy from the planet New Australia and how he buys Old Earth. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.
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Norstrilia by Smith, Cordwainer
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780915368617
Publisher: The NESFA Press, Framingham, MA (1998)
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $32.00
Third printing of the first revised edition, hardcover, has a shallow skew to the binding, and slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, Very Good+ copy in an unclipped, Near Fine dust jacket, which has just a hint of wear to the spine ends and corners. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
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Seller: Lotsa Books (Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $27.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $33.00
Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 1994 Rev ed. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. First printing. This new edition corrects a number of errors and omissions in the previous versions. It adds an appendix containing a full chapter of bridging material written by Smith when he broke Norstrilia into two shorter novels for its original publication as THE PLANET BUYER and THE UNDERPEOPLE. It also includes text removed from the magazine versions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-353. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1555-59. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. No marks, folds or tears.
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Seller: Book Trader Cafe, LLC (New Haven, CT, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $29.95
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $33.94
First Edition, Third Printing. In stock and ready to ship. Gift-quality. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $42.95
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Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Seller: SkylarkerBooks (CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $45.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $50.00
Excellent Copy - A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.
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Norstrilia by Smith, Cordwainer
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780915368617
Publisher: NESFA Press: MA (1994)
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $56.44
Shipping: $18.68
TOTAL Cost: $75.12
In Pringle: Science Fiction, The best 100 novels no 45. .250 pages: introduction by Alan C. Elms. Revised Edition: corrects a number of errors and omissions in previous versions, adds an appendix containing a full chapter of bridging material written by Smith when he broke Norstrilia into two shorter novels as THE PLANET BUYER and THE UNDERPEOPLE, and also includes text removed from the magazine versions. In Pringle: Science Fiction, The best 100 novels no46. The definitive version of this book. First printing with ''10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'' number line on copyright page. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
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