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Mission of Gravity
by Clement, Hal; Introduction By C.J. Cherryh
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. Full bonded blue leather with gilt embossed front cover and spine. Textblock immaculate, unread and tight. All edges gilt; Silk page marker sewn into the headband; Binding minimally edge and corner rubbed. Collector's notes and blank Easton press bulk plate laid in. 224p. From the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series.. Collector's Edition. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Vincent DiFate. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Mission of Gravity is a science fiction novel by Hal Clement. The title is a play on words, involving two uses of the word "Gravity," one meaning "Gravity, the force which pulls" and the other being ", extremely serious or important". The novel was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April–July 1953. Its first hardcover book publication was in 1954, and it was first published as a paperback book in 1958.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EW5067
- Title
- Mission of Gravity
- Author
- Clement, Hal; Introduction By C.J. Cherryh
- Illustrator
- Vincent DiFate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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