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A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374373620
- ISBN 13
- 9780374373627
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1978. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st ptg.) Slightly smaller, black cloth with Pegasus embossed on front, silver in spine. DJ beneath mylar, beautifully color-illustrated, light crease near top front tip, titles on back. DJ has two very tiny tears at bottom back edge near tips and near spine, tiny tear inside top of flap. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is a 1978 science fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle, part of the Time Quartet. In A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Charles Wallace Murry, a very advanced and perceptive child in A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door, has grown into an adolescent. His intelligence and remarkable goodness carry him through an adventure in time to save the world from nuclear disaster threatened by Mad Dog Branzillo, the dictator of the fictional South American country of Vespugia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17745
- Title
- A Swiftly Tilting Planet
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ptg.
- ISBN 10
- 0374373620
- ISBN 13
- 9780374373627
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- FANTASY FICTION SCIENCE CHILDREN S MURRY FAMILY FICTITIOUS CHARACTER JUVENILE GENERAL MAGIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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