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Based on an Asimov short story, "The Ugly Little Boy". A children's nurse is hired as part of a scientific project aimed at bringing a living being from the past to the present. A four-year-old Neanderthal boy is snatched from his home and hurled 40,000 years into a terrifying future.
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The Child of Time
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The Child of Time
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Based on an Asimov short story, "The Ugly Little Boy". A children's nurse is hired as part of a scientific project aimed at bringing a living being from the past to the present. A four-year-old Neanderthal boy is snatched from his home and hurled 40,000 years into a terrifying future. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004432704
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Child of Time
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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 52097805-20
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Child Of Time
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Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1991
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, slight water staining to endpapers. ; Brown rexine library binding, DJ protected by clear library sleeve. ; 302 pages; Snatching a child from the past, a four year old Neanderthal, posed a problem for his carers. At first his nurse thinks him an animal, an ugly sub-human. Then she grows to love him. Ex-Lib. Seller Inventory # 10332
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Child of Time by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (First UK Edition)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. David Farren(Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Child of Time by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (First UK Edition) A sharp tight copy. Bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. States, "First publish in Great Britain 1991 by Victor Gollancz Ltd.". BOOK. Seller Inventory # HCX14217-3
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CHILD OF TIME
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Octavo, boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#91589). Seller Inventory # 91589
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1991. A very presentable copy, clean and unmarked throughout with no significant creases or wear. Covers firm and secure, and dust jacket complete, with some mild rippling around the corners but again no major wear. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 165 x 250 mm. 302. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; 1980s; ISBN: 0575046996. ISBN/EAN: 9780575046993. Inventory No: 38119. Seller Inventory # 38119
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Child of Time by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (First UK) File Copy
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. David Farren(Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Child of Time by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (First UK) File Copy A tight copy with a bright gilt. Publisher's File Copy with no publisher's stamps or markings. A bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. States, "First published in Great Britain 1991 by Victor Gollancz Ltd." From the Gollancz archives. File copy. BOOK. Seller Inventory # HCX14217-1
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Child of Time
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by David Farren (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 302pp. Based on an Asimov short story, 'The Ugly Little Boy'. A children's nurse is hired as part of a scientific project aimed at bringing a living being from the past to the present. A four year old Neanderthal boy is snatched from his home and hurled 40,000 years into a terrifying future. Seller Inventory # 003984
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