GC.New Era Publications,1985.First UK edition-first printing.Mission Earth Vol.1.Blue hardback with read boards(gilt lettering on the front cover and spine,small nicks,mark and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover)with Dj(tear on the edge of the back Dj cover,some creases,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in GC.Illustrated with a b/w map inside the front cover.Nice & clean pages with a couple pen marks,ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear inside the Dj cover.The book is in GC with some shelf wear.565pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Book Description: With Mission Earth, L. Ron Hubbard created an unsurpassed nmasterpiece of satire, social commentary and rousing intergalactic nadventure--full of biting insights about the condition of this planet, its npeople and the institutions that make it the way it is. Mission Earth, an nunheard-of 1.2-million word novel in ten volumes, is a monumental nachievement by any literary standard. nMission Earth has an entire galaxy for its backdrop, though the main action noccurs on Earth and the planet Voltar. The Voltarian Grand Council has nbecome convinced that it must send a mission to prevent Earth from ndestroying itself--thus allowing the Voltar Confederacy to proceed on its nlong-standing invasion plan and timetable to conquer a planet they regard nas an important future way-stop on the main invasion route toward the ncenter of the galaxy. nThe mission is assigned to a clandestine agent, Fleet Combat Engineer nJettero Heller. Soon after arriving on Earth, he heads to New York City nwhere he is determined to get to the bottom of what is causing Earth to nself-destruct, unaware that his every move is being tracked and that npowerful forces on Voltar want his mission to fail. n n nFrom the Publisher nWith Mission Earth, L. Ron Hubbard created an unsurpassed nmasterpiece of satire, social commentary and rousing intergalactic nadventure--full of biting insights about the condition of this planet, its npeople and the institutions that make it the way it is. Mission Earth, an nunheard-of 1.2-million word novel in ten volumes, is a monumental nachievement by any literary standard. nMission Earth has an entire galaxy for its backdrop, though the main action noccurs on Earth and the planet Voltar. The Voltarian Grand Council has nbecome convinced that it must send a mission to prevent Earth from ndestroying itself--thus allowing the Voltar Confederacy to proceed on its nlong-standing invasion plan and timetable to conquer a planet they regard nas an important future way-stop on the main invasion route toward the ncenter of the galaxy. nThe mission is assigned to a clandestine agent, Fleet Combat Engineer nJettero Heller. Soon after arriving on Earth, he heads to New York City nwhere he is determined to get to the bottom of what is causing Earth to nself-destruct, unaware that his every move is being tracked and that npowerful forces on Voltar want his mission to fail.