TIME FOR THE STARS
by Heinlein, Robert A
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- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. Early Printing. Cloth. Good/Good. Clifford N. Geary. Later printing, with D-6.63[V] on the copyright page. A Good copy in Good dust jacket. 12mo., 244 pp. Bound in illustrated cloth in similarly illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is edge worn with Scribner's label on the lower spine of the dj, reading "Scribner's Library Binding". Some of the pages of the text have their lower edges shallowly torn (I suspect they were used to make 'spit-balls') The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.
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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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28450
- Title
- TIME FOR THE STARS
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Illustrator
- Clifford N. Geary
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...