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Alien art

by Gordon R. Dickson

A first edition hardcover in a plastic-coated unclipped dust jacket with flaps pasted to the internal boards. The jacket is slightly marked and the page block is lightly tanned, but internal pages remain clear and unmarked.

Accession 35235 ISBN 0709144334 Publisher Robert Hale
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