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BREAKING STRAIN: VOLUME 1. [ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S VENUS PRIME series.]
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BREAKING STRAIN: VOLUME 1. [ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S VENUS PRIME series.] Mass market paperbound - 1987

by PREUSS, PAUL:

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US,12mo p/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.Stated First Avon Printing,November,1987 and complete number line K R 10 - 1 descending.A Byron Preiss book.] Near VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial cover art by Jim Burns, illustrated front cover with white,red,and bronze gilt outlined red letters, bronze gilt spine+rear cover with black lettering to each - spine with reading creases,rear cover with story preamble and critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present,Inside of front cover with b/w Technical Blueprint illustration.Some inevitable indents to either cover - majority of such,to rear cover and book has spine roll causing leaning.All edges aged/toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges with sporadic spotting/ foxing; contents tight and generally clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.US,12mo p/back,1st edn,3-265pp [paginated] includes Pts 1 - 5,comprising 4,4,4,4 chapters,and 4 chapters+ epilogue in Pt 5 respectively,an afterword by Arthur C Clarke,and to the rear,a 16pp Infopak Technical Blueprints (b/w illus/ diagrams). The first novel in a spectacular new series of sci-fi thrillers evolving from the work of Arthur C. Clarke. Her code name is Sparta.Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension,the product of advanced biotechnology. When the injured freighter Star Queen arrives at Venus Station with a lone survivor on board,Sparta must risk her life to investigate what really happened during its deadly voyage in space. She must solve this mystery even as she unlocks another - the truth behind her own identity. . . . This gripping story brings together the genius of A. C. Clarke and Paul Preuss,author of 'Human Error',With a special technical infopak of blueprints by Darrell Anderson, featuring the structures of Venus Prime. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **
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  • Title BREAKING STRAIN: VOLUME 1. [ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S VENUS PRIME series.]
  • Author PREUSS, PAUL:
  • Illustrator Colour cover ar by Jim Burns.
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition US,12mo p/back,1st edn.
  • Condition Used - Near VG.
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US.NEW YORK,NY.AVON BOOKS,November,1987., Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
  • Date October 1987
  • Bookseller's Inventory # rja925521
  • ISBN 9780380753444 / 0380753448
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.22 x 0.79 in (17.53 x 10.72 x 2.01 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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