Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Robert A. Heinlein. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library with typical library markings, light edge wear and rubbing
Seller: Second Chance Books, Independence, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$57.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octovo hardcover, spent time as ex- libris, pocket and minimal, few, almost none markings, faint shelfwear, tight binding, unfoxed and unmarked pages, else VG+++++++++++++++, enclosed in clear mylar; no DJ. A very nice copy for filler or upgradable with a beautiful dustwrapper. Alert: small amount of coffee? Stains on p 202 to 205, unobtrusive. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Mossback Books, hartland, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A. Tunnel in the sky. Scribner, 1955.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Copyright page has the A. HC published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1955. No DJ. Ex-library book, with the usual library markings. Rebound with library binding. Endpapers are torn out. Previous owner's name and date are written at top of first page. Page after table of contents page is mostly torn out, and several pages have marks and writing.; 8.50 X 5.90 X 1 inches; 273 pages
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A. Tunnel in the Sky. Scribner, E-209, 1955.
Price: US$124.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1956. 273 pgs. Second Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (several closed tears present with tape repair present to the reverse). Bound in half cloth boards with gilt titles present. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The story of a group of students who are dropped on a foreign planet in order to test their survival skills. When the rescue ship doesn't arrive, they must create a new society and learn to adapt to their new life in the wild but are their greatest troubles from beasts or fellow man? E-209; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
(Science Fiction) HEINLEIN, Robert A.. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. 273 PP. First printing with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. Original first issue jacket retains the original $2.50 price on the front flap. A tight, clean copy but for PO inscriptions to the half title-page. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. A few small chips and scattered creasing. Jacket illustration by P.A. Hutchison.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$295.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition novel written by Robert A. Heinlein and published by Charles Scribner s and Sons in 1955. The book is in very good condition with a dust jacket which is also in good condition. It s a science fiction story that is in many ways parallels The Lord of the Flies.
Seller: GardensofHansen, Salem, UT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Seller: The Lost Bookstore, Spartanburg, SC, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. Tunnel in The Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 273pp.Stated First Edtion Pictorial clay cloth. Deep purple astral design endpapers. Stated First Edition. Lower corner stains on the preliminary pages, light toning, otherwise a near fine copy. .Unclipped brown pictorial jacket (by P.A. Hutchinson) has 2" vertical slit on the rear foldover with a light stain on the bottom of the spine, mostly visible on the inner side. in mylar sleeve. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Tunnel in the Sky. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1098.92 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's pictorial light brown cloth, upper board and spine stamped in dark brown; original dust jacket designed by P. A. Hutchison. First edition, with Scribner's "A" to copyright page. Binding is tight with light lean, corners are sharp. Illustrated endpapers. Title page illustration by P.A. Hutchison. Internally clean, no marks, names or inscriptions. The bright dust jacket is unclipped ($2.50) with light wear to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket now protected in removable clear archival cover. 273 pp. 20,8 x 15 cm.
Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands
Heinlein, Robert A.. TUNNEL IN THE SKY. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. "Trainee space colonists are dumped via matter-transmitter on a hostile planet where they have to survive by their wits. It is intended to be a ten-day exercise but it stretches into a two-year ordeal when plans go wrong. A rather harsh Heinlein 'juvenile' which extols the boy-scout virtues." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 388-9. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (earliest state with publisher's printed price "$2.50" on front flap). A sharp copy. (#141061)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. TUNNEL IN THE SKY. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. "Trainee space colonists are dumped via matter-transmitter on a hostile planet where they have to survive by their wits. It is intended to be a ten-day exercise but it stretches into a two-year ordeal when plans go wrong. A rather harsh Heinlein 'juvenile' which extols the boy-scout virtues." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 388-9. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (earliest state with publisher's printed price "$2.50" on front flap) with just a touch of rubbing at spine ends and corner tips. A sharp copy. (#140829)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. TUNNEL IN THE SKY. Charles Scribner's Sons [1955], NY, 1955.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, illustrations by P.A. Hutchison (jacket and title page), cloth. "A provocative book, especially in its portrait of adults who fail to discern the maturity of young people." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-65. A fine copy in fine first state dust jacket (printed price of $2.50 on front flap) with a very slight rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. A sharp copy. (17071)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. TUNNEL IN THE SKY. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. "Trainee space colonists are dumped via matter-transmitter on a hostile planet where they have to survive by their wits. It is intended to be a ten-day exercise but it stretches into a two-year ordeal when plans go wrong. A rather harsh Heinlein 'juvenile' which extols the boy-scout virtues." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 388-9. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-65. A fine copy in fine first state dust jacket ($2.50 printed price on front flap) with very light rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. A sharp copy. (#155355)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.