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Tom's A-Cold: Available Copies

Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Full Circle (Tom's A-Cold) by John Collier, Appleton, 1933, first printing, 291 pages. Originally published in England under the title, Tom's A-Cold. A tale of a future dystopian England. Scarce. Book has a moderate slant; minor shelf wear; corners lightly bumped. Notes written inside front and back covers by previous owner. Comes in a TenzaCover book protector.

Good first edition. Bumping, wear to spine ends, corners. Some minor markings to boards. Wear to title embellishment. 1 inch of separation to top of rear joint. Slight cocking to spine. Some age-toning throughout, including to side of textblock. A scarce first edition copy.

First Impression. A Near Fine copy in dark green smooth cloth, black leather spine label, no dustwrapper. 320pp. Shallow crimp to rear board. Q22143

Tom's A-Cold: A Tale by John Collier (First Edition) Melvin Korshak's Copy A firm copy with bright spine label and bumped upper corners. Spine sunned, small chips and closed tears to corners and spine ends. Not price-clipped, 7'6 net price on flap. Clear cover. First printing. Publisher's green cloth, black spine label with gilt lettering, publisher in gilt to spine base. Published later in the U.S. titled "Full Circle".

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-320, original green cloth, black paper label stamped in gold affixed at head of spine panel, "Macmillan" imprint stamped in gold at tail of spine panel. First edition. Issued later in the U.S. as FULL CIRCLE (1933). ". a mordant story of civilization in a society struggling to rebuild after a catastrophic war. Set in England, this book set the tone for countless post-atomic holocaust stories . Well written and literate, it still retains great interest." - Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-13. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-23 and (2004) II-271. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 175. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 63. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 151. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 35. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1333. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 197. Bleiler (1978), p. 46. Reginald 03192. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light shelf wear at head and tail of spine panel, several minor restorations with colored inks (some bleed through on inner surface), light age-darkening, mostly to spine panel, and clipped price. Much more attractive than it sounds. (#21969)

Near fine first edition. Clean, square, binding tight. No internal marks. Previous owner's name in pen to front end paper - Scottish author Fred Urquhart (1912 - 1995). Jacket is very good with fading to the spine. Not price clipped, still showing price of 7 ' 6 NET. Very minor wear to spine ends and extremities. Some minor foxing. Overall, a very nice copy of a scarce edition. Republished in the U.S. as Full Circle.