- Seller Inventory #: 7767
- Format: 8vo rust boards
- Book condition: V. G.
- Edition: Book Club Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Nelson Doubleday Inc.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1971
- Keywords: Science Fiction, Signed By Author, Author\'s Signature, Cover By Frazetta, Autographed
New York: Nelson Doubleday Inc.. V. G.. 1971. Book Club Edition. 8vo rust boards. Near fine condition. Very slightly cocked. ; The front and back covers are illustrated in color by Frazetta. This book is signed by Poul Anderson on the title-page. They were four strangers from different ages and lands, snatched up by a time machine and stranded in 1400 B. C.; Illustrated Color Cover by Frazetta; 183pp pages .
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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 overall quality of the book's materials is lower than the same book as printed by a traditional publishing house.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
