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Seller: Code X Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Code X Books
AbeBooks seller since March 26, 2018
Condition: Used - Very good
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Collects 12 tales written or co-written by the author, including five Draco Tavern yarns. By the author of the Ringworld series. Introduction by the author. Mass market paperback; no stated publishing history so presumed first edition, first printing thus. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Covers show edge wear and are not creased. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure. Price sticker on front cover. Corners not bumped.
Seller Inventory # L2175
- Title
- Limits
- Author
- Larry Niven
- Publisher
- Ballantine Del Rey
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345321421
- ISBN 13
- 9780345321428
- Illustrator
- Barclay Shaw
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
LIMITS. Two aliens fascinated by man's fondness for defining boundaries decide to make sure he doesn't get out of the habit.
THE LION IN HIS ATTIC. Seventy-six years after Atlantis drowned, a sorceress and a prince learn to their dismay that not all lions eat red meat.
TABLE MANNERS. When the proprietor of the Draco Tavern is invited to dine with some carnivorous etees, he brings along a xenobiologist to coach him in alien etiquette. But he forgets that he is already outfitted with the oldest guide of all.
A TEARDROP FALLS. In his youth, Hilary Gage had fought men and studied the ravages of Berserkers. As a machine, he terraformed planets and lay in wait . . . .
YET ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL. At last, a solution to the problem of radioactive wastes that costs nothing and yields an immodest profit.
Plus lots more!
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Code X Books
Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 26, 2018
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