Orphans of the Sky
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First UK edition, first impression. Precedes the US edition, which was issued the following year.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some off-setting to endpapers and some spotting to top edge and fore-edge with a couple of instances of compression to spine tips, otherwise excellent.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear, primarily to the top, and a small nick to bottom corner of lower panel and half-way down the lower panel spine hinge. Some toning to spine panel and verso, better than very good otherwise.
Synopsis
‘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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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139499
- Title
- Orphans of the Sky
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Heinlein, Orphans of the Sky, First
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Science Fiction; Robert A. Heinlein;
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