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Time for the Stars
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clifford Geary. VG/VG dj; now in archival Brodart. Stated First Edition with correct publisher's code: A-8.56[v]. Blue cloth boards w/ black titles, light rubbing to edges and tips, boards show some light fading at top edge and along top spine as typical with this title. Light rubbing to edges and tips of unclipped jacket w/ original $2.75 price covered by small sticker - which can be seen in strong light, small chips and tears at spine ends.
Synopsis
Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Hollow Books ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004768
- Title
- Time for the Stars
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Illustrator
- Clifford Geary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dark Hollow Books ®
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire
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Glossary
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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