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Toward Distant Suns: A Bold, New Prospectus for Human Living in Space
by Heppenheimer, T. A
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0811715787
- ISBN 13
- 9780811715782
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 1979. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dixon, Don. (1st) Large, squarish book, gold cloth and dark blue smooth cloth boards, gilt title bright on bottom front right, 256 lightly browned photo paper pages. Foreword by Gerard O'Neill. DJ has color-illustration by Don Dixon of couple on alien planet with no spacesuits on front, spine and back, praise on back from Isaac Asimov, New York Review of Books and more. DJ has very slight wear to top front tip, crease along top front edge, tiny tear with slight wear at bottom front tip, very slight wear at bottom front edge, slight wear with micronicks at spine edges, 1/4" tear with tiny creases at bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26172
- Title
- Toward Distant Suns: A Bold, New Prospectus for Human Living in Space
- Author
- Heppenheimer, T. A
- Illustrator
- Dixon, Don
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0811715787
- ISBN 13
- 9780811715782
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Place of Publication
- Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Keywords
- INTERPLANETARY VOYAGES SPACE STATIONS SCIENCE ASTRONOMY ASTROPHYSICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Space; Future;
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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