THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS
by Brown, Fredric
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Foxing to top and fore-edges of paper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket which has foxing to the rear panel. (1694
- 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. Foxing to top and fore-edges of paper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket which has foxing to the rear panel. (16940). 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 #
- 16940
- Title
- THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS
- Author
- Brown, Fredric
- Book Condition
- Used - Foxing to top and fore-edges of paper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket which has foxing to the rear panel. (1694
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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