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James Tiptree Jr. “Brightness Falls From the Air” 1985 First edition club printing
$16.00 Original price was: $16.00.$12.96Current price is: $12.96.
“Brightness Falls From the Air” by James Tiptree Jr. published by TOR Books / The Science Fiction Book Club.
This vintage hard cover has it’s original paper jacket carefully preserved in a removable archival sleeve from BroDart library supplies.
The book is near fine with unbumped board corners and spine edges, no writing. Very minor foxing / dust spotting on deckled text block edge. The jacket has some very slight edge wear in a few places and a 1/2″ closed tear at the bottom front cover toward spine.
This is a really nice copy – gift worthy for yourself or that Tiptree fan in your life!
Ships carefully packaged.
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Ships in 1 to 3 business days, carefully packaged, every shipment with tracking.
SKU:
BFFTA-1985-1st-1b
Categories:
Science Fiction Hardcovers, Vintage First Editions
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| Weight | 32 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.8 × 6 × 1.5 in |
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