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Time for the Stars
by Robert Heinlein
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
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About This Item
Scribner, New York, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Time for the Stars, New York: Scribner, 1956. Octavo, first edition with Scribner's A-8.56 [v] on copyright page, pp. 244, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at extremities, minor stain to front board, spots of discoloration to spine. Internally fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52676. .
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's Inventory #
- 52676
- Title
- Time for the Stars
- Author
- Robert Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Robert Heinlein Time for the Stars
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Copyright page
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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