PEBBLE IN THE SKY
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1950
Stated First Edition, First Printing: A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
The book is in beautiful crisp condition with beige/grey cloth boards, with orange titles to spine. The boards are clean and bright, and the book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with some offsetting, otherwise no owner names, no owner inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with no writing, no handling marks, no stains, no bent pages, and no foxing. Beautiful clean copy, appearing as unread. Please see images.
The original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the outer spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents as a very good example with strong vibrant colors with toning to the rear panel and some overall wavyness to the paper. Otherwise, the dust jacket has No rips, No chips, No edgewear, No stains, and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of $2.50. Please see detailed images.
Would make a wonderful gift for an Asimov collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other landmark SciFi titles.
. Fine / Near Fine. Item #3205Price: $595.00