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Chanur's Legacy
by C. J. Cherryh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0886775191
- ISBN 13
- 9780886775193
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: DAW, 1992. First. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Michael Whelan. Signed First edition. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed to a named recipient. Dust jacket is in excellent condition with no tears or chips; now in new removable protective cover. 1/4 bound in navy cloth, with violet boards and metallic copper printing on spine. Lavender end papers. Pages are clean and unmarked. DAW hard cover with dust jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing August 1992 (stated), complete number line. DAW collectors #886, ISBN: 9780886775193, 386 pages, cover art by Michael Whelan. 8vo (9.25" x 6.25") 7th place, 1993 Locus Poll Award. 5th in series, preceded by The Pride of Chanur, Chanur's Revenge, The Kif Strike Back, and Chanur's Homecoming.
Synopsis
Hiffy Chanur, once a member of her aunt's crew on The Pride of Chanur, is now captain of her own vessel, Chanur's Legacy. It should have been the ideal existence for Hiffy, her fondest dream fulfilled, but instead the young captain's increasingly hard-pressed to take care of her ship's business. So when Meetpoint's stationmaster offers her a million credits to transport a small, mysterious, "religious" object it seems like a golden opportunity—perhaps even too good an opportunity.... Yet despite her misgivings, Hiffy feels it's a comission she can't turn down. But soon she and the Legacy are caught in an ever-tightening web of intrigue. And only time will tell whether the young captain can determine who is her ally and who is her enemy in this deadly game of interstellar politics...
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110916049780886775193cvr
- Title
- Chanur's Legacy
- Author
- C. J. Cherryh
- Illustrator
- Michael Whelan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0886775191
- ISBN 13
- 9780886775193
- Publisher
- DAW
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Chanur
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Collectible; Science Fiction / Fantasy; First editions;
- Size
- 8vo
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