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TO THE STARS
by Harrison, Harry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1981. Book Club Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clyde Caldwell. 8vo, black quarter cloth with tan "stencil-pattern" lettering on spine over tan boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man and woman shooting at space ships by Clyde Caldwell, 471 pages. Harry Harrison (1925 - 2012) was an American science fiction author,well known for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was adapted for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973).<br/><br/>This SCI FI dystopian trilogy consists of Homeworld (1980), Wheelworld and Starworld (both in 1981) published as one novel. An interstellar rebelliion overthrows the Earth Empire's totalitarian control over the interstellar colonies. A colony engineer fights to overthrow the Empire back on Earth ...<br/><br/>Originally published by Bantam Books in 1971. This Book Club Edition has "M36" on bottom of page 470 and "1571" on back panel of the dust jacket.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, clean cloth and paper in a NF dust jacket (unclipped) with slight wear to the head and foot of the spine.
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Details
- Seller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7119
- Title
- TO THE STARS
- Author
- Harrison, Harry
- Illustrator
- Clyde Caldwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Earth Empire, totalitarian, future, space ships, engineer, war, colonies,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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