Search results 6 Found

First printing. Square and tight. Tanned page ends. 50 cents cover price. No spine creases.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books U2215. "Humans attempt to contact the alien inhabitants of the extremely inhospitable heavy gravity planet Tenebra. A scrupulously scientific adventure which hews closely to the author's earlier success, MISSION OF GRAVITY. The result is not quite as effective, though." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 71. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-257. A fine copy. (#158145)

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First edition First printing. Paperback. Fine. Ballantine book number U2215 with 50¢ cover price. Cover illustration by Paul Lehr. A fine and bright unread copy.

Ballantine book number U2215 with 50¢ cover price. Cover illustration by Paul Lehr. A fine and bright unread copy.

Dust jacket has very minor soiling and a small brown dot on front of dust jacket. Nice shape overall in mylar sleeve. Lightly soiled text block. NOT price clipped. First British edition.

Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. "Humans attempt to contact the alien inhabitants of the extremely inhospitable heavy gravity planet Tenebra. A scrupulously scientific adventure which hews closely to the author's earlier success, MISSION OF GRAVITY. The result is not quite as effective, though." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 71. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-257. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a hint of tanning to spine panel and a small price sticker pasted over the publisher's price printed on the front flap. A sharp copy. (#148610)