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Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345316223
- ISBN 13
- 9780345316226
- Seller
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Santa Maria, California, United States
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About This Item
Del Rey , June 1984. Mass Market Paperback. Used - Very Good. Later cover with green titling; Minor shelfwear to covers with yellowing to verso and original price tag on front, book block lightly yellowed, pages otherwise clean and square, binding tight with no spine creases.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Gavin's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61538
- Title
- Mission of Gravity
- Author
- Hal Clement
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345316223
- ISBN 13
- 9780345316226
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- June 1984
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.