ORPHANS OF THE SKY
de Heinlein, Robert A
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good to Near Fine
- Librería
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: New American Library, 1965. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet D2618; Multiple Hugo Award winner Heinlein's story of a huge space ship whose inhabitants know no other world until revolution strikes when a "messiah" tries to complete an interstellar voyage begun centuries ago; First Printing of First Paperback Edition Thus (originally published as a two-part magazine serial in 1941 with the first part of the serial re-published by Dell in 1951); text is clean, tight, square in white pictorial wrappers showing very minimal age-discoloration, soiling, surface and edgewear. Collectable.
Sinopsis
‘The Proxima Centauri Expedition, sponsored by the Jordan Foundation in 2119, was the first recorded attempt to reach the nearer stars of this galaxy. Whatever its unhappy fate we can only conjecture...’ A whole society, complete with a strange, savage religion, superstitions, mutant outcasts, rigid class structures and an agricultural barter economy, hurtles through the void. It is an epic voyage whose purpose has been long forgotten. High Hoyland’s innate curiosity impels him to undertake his own voyage of discovery. But he doesn’t realize the implications of the truth about the Ship – his world – until it’s too late to turn back...
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Detalles
- Librería
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001755
- Título
- ORPHANS OF THE SKY
- Autor
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Mass Market Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good to Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- New American Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1965
- Palabras clave
- SCIENCE FICTION, SPACE TRAVEL, REVOLUTION, VINTAGE PAPERBACK
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Science Fiction; Vintage Paperback;
Términos de venta
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Sobre el vendedor
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Canandaigua, New York
Sobre H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
