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Tunnel in the Sky
by Robert A. Heinlein
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Publisher's pictorial light brown cloth, upper board and spine stamped in dark brown; original dust jacket designed by P. A. Hutchison. First edition, with Scribner's "A" to copyright page. Binding is tight with light lean, corners are sharp. Illustrated endpapers. Title page illustration by P.A. Hutchison. Internally clean, no marks, names or inscriptions. The bright dust jacket is unclipped ($2.50) with light wear to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket now protected in removable clear archival cover. 273 pp. 20,8 x 15 cm. .
Extended Description and Notes
Fine first edition in near fine dustjacket.
Synopsis
Tunnel in the Sky is a science fiction book written by Robert A. Heinlein and published in 1955 by Scribner's as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The story describes a group of students sent on a survival test to an uninhabited planet. The themes of the work include the difficulties of growing up and the nature of man as a social animal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Concept Books
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002621
- Title
- Tunnel in the Sky
- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Science fiction, Heinlein
Terms of Sale
Concept Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Concept Books
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Veldhoven
About Concept Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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