TO ESCAPE THE STARS
by Hoskins, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345258568
- ISBN 13
- 9780345258564
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Del Rey/Ballantine, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Ballantine 25856: The third novel in Hoskins' Science Fiction "Stars" trilogy, this book features Jamas Oregas, a freesailer and con man, about to scam the inhabitants of a backwater planet. Instead, Oregas is doublecrossed and forced to use his knowledge of stargates to escape, landing on Prime, a planet that is the repository of galactic history. Oregas learns of a mysterious lost race that held the master key to the stargates for all worlds. The holder of the key will have power beyond all imaginings and Oregas now sets out in search of the lost race. Paperback Original, True First Printing, First Edition. Cover art by Dean Ellis. Wrappers show only minor surface and edge wear, no tears, no chipping. Text is lightly age-tanned with a slight spine lean. Binding is tight, text clean, unmarked and complete. A quite scarce copy of this under-appreciated writer of the 1960s and '70s.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005163
- Title
- TO ESCAPE THE STARS
- Author
- Hoskins, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345258568
- ISBN 13
- 9780345258564
- Publisher
- Del Rey/Ballantine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION, FIRST EDITION, GATED COMMUNITIES, CON MAN, SCAM ARTISIT,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Science Fiction; Fantasy;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Chipping
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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