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Takeoff
by Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$632.07NZ$568.86
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1952. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" x 6". None. A first edition review copy of this pulp-era science fiction novel by the Futurian Cyril Kornbluth. The blurb reads: "The brilliant young ceramics engineer and former government scientist Dr Michael Novak, stumbled into a storm center of intrigue and violence when he accepted employment with the widely derided American Society for Space Flight. By taking this job he unwittingly detonated a series of exciting events involving two beautiful women, high figures in Washington, espionage, and murder, all of which were to culminate in man's first voyage to the moon." A fine example of the cultural phenomenon of mass science fiction writing at the beginning of the space age In the original cloth with the original unclipped dustwrapper, which has been encased in a glassine wrap. Externally excellent with little discernible wear. The dustwrapper is also excellent with only a little wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Internally clean and bright and firmly bound. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD1-A-22
- Title
- Takeoff
- Author
- Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8.5" x 6"
- Keywords
- Science Fiction Space Space Exploration Space
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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