Rocket Ship Galileo.
by HEINLEIN, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- 1948 ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; a few slight marks to cloth; a tight, sound copy in a jacket with some minor u
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, [1947].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in a probable first state (but price-clipped) dust jacket.. 1948 ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; a few slight marks to cloth; a tight, sound copy in a jacket with some minor use at extremities.. 8vo,. Illustrated by Thomas Voter..
Synopsis
Rocket Ship Galileo is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1947, about three teenagers who participate in a pioneering flight to the Moon. It was the first in the Heinlein juveniles, a long and successful series of science fiction novels published by Scribner's. The novel was originally envisioned as the first of a series of books called "Young Rocket Engineers".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58144
- Title
- Rocket Ship Galileo.
- Author
- HEINLEIN, Robert
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Thomas Voter.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in a probable first state (but price-clipped) dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - 1948 ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; a few slight marks to cloth; a tight, sound copy in a jacket with some minor u
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1947].
- Pages
- 212 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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