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PEGASUS IN FLIGHT - Signed
by McCaffrey, Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press,, 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 10x7x1. Signed by Author. Easton Press; Norwalk, 1990. Deluxe Leather Collector’s Edition. Signed by author directly on prelim. Blank Easton Press bookplate protected with tissue laid in. A Near Fine copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is very nice with sharp corners, AEG are fresh and bright. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. Silk moire coloured endpapers. Binding firm, book unopened and unread, small dent top rear board fore-edge. 290pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Synopsis
As director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen coordinated the job assignments for psychically gifted Talents. And though she had her hands full dealing with the unreasonable demand for kinetics to work on the space platform that would be humankind's stepping-stone to the stars, she was always ready to welcome new Talents to the Center.Feisty and streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual -- and unexpected -- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1038928
- Title
- PEGASUS IN FLIGHT - Signed
- Author
- McCaffrey, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press,
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 10x7x1
- Weight
- 2.19 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Fine
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