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  Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.

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The Snowflake and the Starfish: Available Copies

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The Snowflake and the Starfish
    by Robert Nathan

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (1959)


    Seller: Losaw Service (Lenox Dale, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $26.00
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $29.99

Illustration by Leonard Weisgard. Dust jacket has several tears along the spine and top edge, some staining and tanning. Grey pictorial cloth cover is clean and square. Inscribed on back of endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked, vivid illustrations, good binding.

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Snowflake and the Starfish.
    by NATHAN, Robert.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Knopf,, NY: (1959)


    Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (Springfield, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $32.00

First edition. Previous owner's stamp on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (large chip at the base of the spine, age toned) dust jacket.

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The snowflake and the starfish. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (1959) [Leatherbound]
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: (2022)


    Seller: S N Books World (Delhi, India)
    New Book
    Book Price: $32.50
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $32.50

Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1959 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 80 Language: English Pages: 80

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THE SNOWFLAKE AND THE STARFISH
    by Robert Nathan

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Albert A. Knopf (1959)


    Seller: Memphrebooks (Magog, QC, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $49.00
    Shipping: $30.00
    TOTAL Cost: $79.00

Item Description: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Weisgard, Leonard (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. Beautifully decorated cloth, bound in soil-resistant, washable cloth, side-sewn and reinforced. Dustjacket un clipped, ($2.95) jacket in "plasti-Kleer book jacket cover, darkening along edges of the Dustjacket, Beautifully illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. No writing in the book, pages are clean and tight. A wonderful story

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