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Red Planet: A Colonial Boy on Mars
by Heinlein, Robert, Illustrated By Clifford N. Geary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good + Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: : Scribner And Sons, 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good + Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Clean And Solid, Small Area Beginning To Fray At Center Of Top Of Front Panel, Pages Beginning To Age, Owner's Name At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped But Is First State (No Rubber-Stamped Price, Only Rocket Ship Galileo And Space Cadet On Rear Panel), Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine, With A 1/4" Narrow V-Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom, That At Top Of Front Spine Fold Being 1/8" Wide But Extending 1" Down The Fold; Spine Panel Is Lightly Faded To Pink. A Collectible Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009741
- Title
- Red Planet: A Colonial Boy on Mars
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert, Illustrated By Clifford N. Geary
- Format/Binding
- Black Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good + Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner And Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; "Literature: Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- First Edition
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- First State
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- Jacket
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