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Time for the Stars.
by HEINLEIN, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1956. A bright copy First edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket with the $2.75 price intact. Heinlein's novel is based on the "twin paradox" thought experiment proposed by physicist Paul Langevin: it tells the story of twin brothers, one of whom travels in space in a high-speed "torchship", returning to Earth to discover his brother has aged more than he has. This copy comes from the library of Carlota Frahm (1904-1980), with her ownership stamps to the half-title and title page. Born Carlota Thorkildsen, in 1941 Frahm married Willy Brandt (1913-1992), who later served as Chancellor of West Germany (1969-74); the pair divorced in 1948, after which Frahm founded a literary agency in Oslo, largely representing the work of foreign authors to Norwegian publishing houses. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, front cover decorated in black, illustrated endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine slightly faded and bumped at head and foot, a very good copy indeed in like dust jacket, slightly worn along top edge, rubbed at extremities, otherwise bright and fresh.
Synopsis
Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162041
- Title
- Time for the Stars.
- Author
- HEINLEIN, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Date Published
- 1956
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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