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  • Publication: Mission of GravityPublication Record # 22460
  • Author: Hal Clement
  • Date: 1984-07-00
  • ISBN: 0-345-31622-3 [978-0-345-31622-6]
  • Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
  • Price:
    $2.75?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 233
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Mission of Gravity (1978) • by H. R. Van Dongen
  • Notes:
    • Third printing July 1984. [This Publication Record].
    • No printing number line in book.
    • A Del Rey book.
    • Copyright © 1954 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
    • "Originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, April-July 1953. Copyright 1953 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc." on copyright page.
    • "Whirligig World copyright 1953 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. for Astounding Science Fiction, June 1953." on copyright page.
    • Manufactured in the United States of America.
    • First Ballantine books edition January 1978.
    • First Canadian printing February 1978.
    • "Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen" on copyright page. Signature not found.
    • Cover difference. Author name in yellow, title in white and Ballantine/31622/$2.75 at top left front cover butting into Del Rey SF logo.
    • LCCN 54005720. 1st Doubleday hardcover.
    • OCLC 24410827. ISBN & year match.
    • OCLC 5120659. ISBN match, but year is that of second printing.
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