Out Of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C S
Out Of the Silent Planet is the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy. Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and led to a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors plot to plunder the planet's treasures and to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures that reside there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet', Earth, a tragic story that is known throughout the universe.
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The novel was first published in 1938 by John Lane, then published by The Macmillan Company in 1943.
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Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Good+
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, USA
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$150.00
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Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis. Macmillan, 1946. Octavo. A scarce early American edition of the sci-fi classic by the author of The Screwtape Letters. Book condition is VG+. Binding is tight and pages are remarkably clean, with natural age-tanning. Very slight edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Dustjacket is G+. Heavy chipping along top edge,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (FIRST EDITION)
by C. S. Lewis
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
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$2,000.00
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. On the flyleaf Harwood signed his name, "Cecil Harwood". This is the classic first book in the cosmic trilogy of C. S. Lewis.Mauve cloth boards with mauve top stain on the top edge. 264 pp. plus four pages of ads.Condition only fair. Spine completely stripped away. Heavily… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (American Publisher's Galley for the first American Edition)
by C. S. Lewis
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- Used - Very Good +
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- No Jacket
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- American Publisher's Galley for
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- 1943
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- Paperback
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
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$4,500.00
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New York: Macmillan, 1943. American Publisher's Galley for . Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. AMERICAN PUBLISHER'S GALLEY FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A Galley is a pre-publication printing of the text after the type is set but before it is properly paginated. Galleys are rare and show the uncorrected state of the text.Paper cover with two labels on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by C S Lewis
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- Very Good+
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- Reprint
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- 1951
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- Cloth
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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UK: Bodley Head, 1951. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1951. A new edition with different wrapper design to the 1st edition. This book being the 5th printing since it was published in 1938. Un-common. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One)
by C.S. Lewis
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- Used: Good
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- 1996-10-01
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- Hardcover
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- 0684833646
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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Scribner, 1996-10-01. Hardcover. Used: Good. Excellent customer service. Prompt Customer Service. Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by LEWIS, C.S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Early Printing
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Macmillan, 1947. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 174 pp. Very good in the original blue boards that have only minor wear along the edges and discoloration on the interior boards, with a very good illustrated dust jacket that has a few isolated spots and rubbing marks on the front edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet: Cosmic vol. 1
by C.S. Lewis
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- 1949
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- Soft cover
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San Jose, California, USA
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$13.00
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United States: Avon Books, 1949. Soft cover. Good. Book has some edgewear, a light crease on the front cover, a bit of paper-loss at the top of the spine and a stamped "Who is John Galt?" on the bottom of the first page. Avon T-410. Original cover price is .35 cents.
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Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy (Paperback))
by C S Lewis
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- Used - Good-
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- 19949
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- Mm no rips, spine broken and scuffing to covers from reading, yellow end pages, it's been in plastic wrap.
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Poulsbo, Washington, USA
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$4.00
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The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet [Avon T-127]
by Lewis, C. S.
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Paperback
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Rapid River, Michigan, USA
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$195.00
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575 Madison Avenue - New York 22, N. Y.: Avon Publications , 1949. 1946 at copyright page; Avon Reprint Edition 1949. Classic Avon paperback #T-127 with colorful cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler of paranoid watching green eye shining down on scientist w/rocket to launch over red b.g. Yellow spine titles over black. Geometric futuristic isosceles triangles… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C.S.
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- Used
- Published
- 1987
- ISBN 10
- 002086910X
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Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Aberdeen, GBR
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$5.68
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Prentice Hall & Ibd, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:002086910X Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C. S.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
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London (Birr), Ontario, CAN
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$725.90
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London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. The second impression of the first edition. The jacket has the later art-work of Elias (this is likely its first appearance, following the Harold Jones jacket of the first issue) and indicates "Cheap Edition", a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by C.S. Lewis
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- Used
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- Eighth Printing
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- 1969
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- Softcover Multicolore
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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$18.00
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The Macmillan Company, New York, 1969. Softcover, 8th Printing. Multicolored front cover of domes and spacecraft. Very good throughout, with covers and spine in fine shape. Author of "The Screwtape Letters" and "Narnia" series does a genuine Sci-Fi here. Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One)
by Lewis, C.S
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- Used - Interior is excellent
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- wrapped in plastic
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- 1996-10-01
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- Hardcover
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- 0684833646
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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$14.00
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Scribner, 1996-10-01. Hardcover. Interior is excellent/wrapped in plastic. x library Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C.S. (cover art by S.R. Boldero)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1961
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- Soft cover
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia, AUS
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$10.00
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London: London: Pan Books G403 1961 Fifth Pan Paperback Printing, 1961 VG. Light edgewear, lower front corner bumped, slight crease adjacent to spine, otherwise a very attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by S.R. Boldero. Item Price
$10.00

Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1965
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- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0020868804
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- 1
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
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$24.62
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Macmillan Publishing, Inc, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book, has minor edge wear.Pages are tan and not crisp white.has writing on about pages. Item Price
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Out Of The Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0370005368
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Newport Coast, California, USA
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$107.85
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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. Item Price
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Out Of The Silent Planet
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- Paperback
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C S
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- Used - G : in good condition with rubbed and edge chipped dust jacket with loss at spine base and corresponding fading on cover spine.
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1951
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- Light blue hardback cloth cover
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Alnwick, Northumberland, GBR
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$50.74
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London: John Lane - The Bodley Head. G : in good condition with rubbed and edge chipped dust jacket with loss at spine base and corresponding fading on cover spine. Ownership details on fep and neat hand drawn map and key in pencil on verso. 1951. Reprint. Light blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 182pp. Jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Cosmic Trilogy)
by Lewis, C. S
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 2005-11-01
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007157150
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Devizes, Wiltshire, GBR
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$7.60
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HarperCollins, 2005-11-01. Paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Cosmic Trilogy)
by Lewis, C. S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007157150
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$4.83
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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