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Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1953.
Price: US$4.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1953.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue boards are rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Fredric Brown. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E.P.Dutton, 1953.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in good dustjacket,1st.book club edition,terrific writer,must have for any sci-fi buff
Seller: born again books, henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Fredric Brown. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E.P. Dutton and Company, 1953.
Price: US$17.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book club edition. Publisher's blue boards. Blue top stain to top edge of text block. Deckled fore edge. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding.
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Fredric Brown. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E.P. Dutton & Co., 1953.
Price: US$17.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book club edition. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Unclipped jacket with foxing to rear cover, now in protective mylar.
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Fredric Brown. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book Club Edition. Clean, tight hardcover with clean interior and unmarked text. Even green topstain to the upper page ends. The dust jacket with author's photo on the rear panel shows mild rubbing at the extremities and folds, but is still bright and attractive and presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket. 222pp.
Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky Are Stars. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1953.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Turquoise textured paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in red. Book club edition (1953). Former owner's signature inked at top corner of front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Very slightly rubbed extremities, text block edges slightly toned by age, otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket is mildly toned on rear panel, otherwise virtually as issued, now in mylar. 222 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Lights in the Sky are Stars by Fredric Brown (Book Club Edition) Firm square copy with minor rubbing to spine ends. Pen writing to front free end page. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Tanning along edges and hinges. Book club clipped off front flap. Only Fred Brown could have written this deeply moving science-fiction novel about one man's epic, life-long struggle to open mankind's pathway to the stars.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E P Dutton, New York, NY, 1953.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York, NY, E. P. Dutton, 1953. Reprint. 8vo. Blue cloth with red lettering embossed on spine, rough cut pages, 222 pp. Dust jacket is sunned on spine and extremities, has some shelf wear, bindings have some tanning with age, but otherwise in pristine condition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E P Dutton, New York, NY, 1953.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York, NY, E. P. Dutton, 1953. Reprint. 8vo. Blue cloth with red lettering embossed on spine, rough cut pages, 222 pp. Dust jacket is sunned on spine and extremities, has some shelf wear, bindings have some tanning with age, but otherwise in pristine condition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric.. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS.. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., USA., 1953.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 222 pgs. 1st Book Club Edition. Top SF author, a personal favorite! His 2nd SF book! Has 2 tiny tears on back of DJ, & a 1" clean cut on front cover, else better DJ. Story concerns a flight to Jupiter, in 1997-2001! A scarcer early book club, in nice condition! **** [ Classic TOP Cult Author of Science Fiction & Mystery, known for his twist endings! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1953.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signature of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Good jacket, generally toned, tears at the flap folds. Blue boards, lightly mottled, with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, foxed, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Brown's novel about two men who seek to push forward a bill to allow the United States to conquer the stars.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1953.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition (stated),1953. Clean and tightly bound in blue cloth with silver titles. Slight spine slant, spot on the top text block edge and moderate wear to the bottom edges. The contents remain clean and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket is bright. Chipping at spine head and edges. Possibly an ex-library copy with small blank yellow sticker at the DJ spine base and glue residue on the rear endpaper.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky Are Stars. E. P. Dutton, 1953.
Price: US$50.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good BCE hardcover with very good dust jacket in new Brodart jacket. Unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. Some endpaper foxing. Dust jacket is lightly worn at spine ends and corners. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1953.
Price: US$66.37 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping to top rear panel and spine crown. Book plate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.00 + shipping
Description: SCIENCE FICTION CARNIVAL, Shasta, 1953, first edition, light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s and perimeter of rear dust-wrapper panel, some off-setting to the end-papers, else vg in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by Nelson Bond, Eric Frank Russell, William Tenn, Murray Leinster, Richard Matheson, Henry Kuttner, Fredric Brown, et. al.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Lights in the Sky are Stars. E. P. Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1953.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition stated on copyright page. The book has a slight lean and a little edge wear. The jacket is rubbed along some edges and a bit worn at the spine ends. It has been tape reinforced on the inside at the corners and extensively along the top edge
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E P. Dutton, Near Fine, Scratch Front Cover, 1953.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice copy indeed of the uncommon hard cover first edition.
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1953.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. "A powerful, poignant plea for spaceflight and a study of a man obsessed by it."- Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. Mild foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny 7 mm closed tear to the upper front panel, slight darkening to spine panel and darkening to the white edge background of the rear panel. (27989)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear and rubbing at spine ends, corner tips, and along folds, two tiny nicks at top edge of rear panel with small internal tape mend, and some tanning to rear panel. A nice copy of an uncommon book seldom found in superior condition. (#148514)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. Top and fore-edge of text block foxed, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with foxing to the rear panel. (#155242)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1953.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. "A powerful, poignant plea for spaceflight and a study of a man obsessed by it."- Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. Foxing to top and fore-edges of paper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket which has foxing to the rear panel. (16940)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing at spine ends and corner tips and clipped price. (#162498)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A story of the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket (priced $3.00 on the front flap) with 7 mm closed tear at top edge of rear panel and some tanning to rear panel. A nice copy of an uncommon book seldom found in superior condition. (#172737)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. Two contemporary gift inscriptions on front free endpaper. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing at spine ends and corner tips. A nice copy of a book that is hard to find in superior condition. (#138786)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.