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Heinlein, Robert A.. Orphans of the Sky. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition. Red boards with gold spine titling, very good with bumped spine ends. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light general edgewear, small closed tear from top edge of front panel, and very minor chipping to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Prior owner's initials penned to FFEP. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Orphans of the Sky. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963.
Price: US$384.26 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition, first impression. Precedes the US edition, which was issued the following year. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some off-setting to endpapers and some spotting to top edge and fore-edge with a couple of instances of compression to spine tips, otherwise excellent. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear, primarily to the top, and a small nick to bottom corner of lower panel and half-way down the lower panel spine hinge. Some toning to spine panel and verso, better than very good otherwise.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Heinlein, Robert A.. Orphans of the Sky. London: Gollancz Ltd., 1963, 1963.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Published in London by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1963. True First Edition, precedes the American Edition. This is Heinleins First Published UK book. Book fine except for slight cracking on front hinge, previous owners signature on first free end page, stamp from previous book agency, bookplate on front past down, slight fading along edges of inside pages. DJ very good except for chipping on corners, wearing along top and bottom edges, slight chipping on top and bottom spine ends, missing pieces on top edge of spine, fading and discoloration on covers, spine, and inside flaps. DJ has been price clipped.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. ORPHANS OF THE SKY. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-88. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint soiling to spine panel and nearly invisible 14 mm closed tear at upper edge of front panel near spine fold. A very attractive copy. (10860)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. ORPHANS OF THE SKY. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-513. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64. Neatly written gift inscription dated May 1963 on front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with touch of wear at spine ends and corner tips and a bit of tanning, mostly to spine panel. An attractive copy. (#150337)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. ORPHANS OF THE SKY. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-513. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint soiling to spine panel and nearly invisible 14 mm closed tear at upper edge of front panel near spine fold. A very attractive copy. (#89355)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. ORPHANS OF THE SKY. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-88. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear and crease to upper front panel, tiny light spot at front fold, slight dust soiling, a very attractive copy. (12951)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. ORPHANS OF THE SKY. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-513. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with tiny closed tear and crease at upper edge of front panel, tiny faint spot at front fold, and mild dust soiling to the yellow paper stock. (#129706)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.