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THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS
by Brown, Fredric
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Mild foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a ti
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Mild foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny 7 mm closed tear to the upper front panel, slight darkening to spine panel and darkening to the white edge background of the rear panel. (27989). Octavo, boards. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. "A powerful, poignant plea for spaceflight and a study of a man obsessed by it."- Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27989
- Title
- THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS
- Author
- Brown, Fredric
- Book Condition
- Used - Mild foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a ti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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