No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First published in 1961 by Ace Paperback. 'Chandler's space operas are among the most likeable and well-constructed in the genre. ' [Nicholls] When Lightning blasts off without him, Second Officer John Petersen is finished as far as Trans-Galactic Clippers are concerned. Branded a deserter, stranded on Carinthia and desperate for a job, there are very few places left to go. Private detective Steve Vynalek needs Petersen. Has a fanatical scientist on the planet Wenceslaus really found a way to beat the time travel problem, a way to bring back yesterday? The Presidents of Carinthia and Vynalek are convinced that Petersen is the only man for the job. [FF] Ref. Nicholls, 110; Fant Fiction.