Item #17420 A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET. Madeleine L'Engle.

A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1978]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This children's fantasy, the third of the Meg Murry novels, preceded by A WRINKLE IN TIME and A WIND IN THE DOOR. "L'Engle seems to have arrived at a happy synthesis of science, metaphysics, universal politics, and individual responsibility. She is one of the handful of science fiction writers whose work consistently rings true." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, pp. 569-570. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-662. Previous owner's bookplate with inked name affixed to front paste-down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends. (17420). Item #17420

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