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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., [1952]. 8vo. ix, [1], 210 pp. Illust. endpapers showing robots, flying saucers and spacesuits, & rockets by Schomburg. Blue cloth, red lettering (uniform interior toning as usual, offsetting at gutter margin), w/ d.j. vivid cover art of flying saucers by Alex Schomburg (minor chipping head & foot of spine, faint tidemark to head of spine, rear upper fore-edge, price-clipped), still VG/VG- copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent Winston Science Fiction title, foreshadowing the plot of ET with young alien from the Andromeda Galaxy crashed on Earth, injured, and attempting to return to his people with the help of a young ham radio operator.
Son of the Stars: A Science Fiction Novel (Advance Copy) by Jones, Raymond F, and Matschat, Cecile (Series edited by), and Career, Carl (Consulting Editing by) - 1958
by Jones, Raymond F, and Matschat, Cecile (Series edited by), and Career, Carl (Consulting Editing by)
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Son of the Stars: A Science Fiction Novel (Advance Copy)
by Jones, Raymond F, and Matschat, Cecile (Series edited by), and Career, Carl (Consulting Editing by)
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Philadelphia / Toronto.: The John C Winston Company., 1958. 4th printing since 1952 1st.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Inside front: "Advance Copy for Examination Only, Not for Sale" except now some 70 years later. Slightest edge wear.. 1 Light blue cloth over boards. Red spine titles. 216 p. 21 cm. Science Fiction Series. Author's Preface "Back Yard Scientists" is a tribute to the young budding scientists who have their own early labs and great futures unless the corporate world discourages them.
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- Edition 4th printing since 1952 1st.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The John C Winston Company.
- Place of Publication Philadelphia / Toronto.
- Date Published 1958
- Keywords Youth series, science fiction|"Back Yard Scientists"
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Son of the stars. A science fiction novel. . .
by JONES, Raymond F
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SON OF THE STARS: A Science Fiction Novel
by Jones, Raymond F. | dust jacket and endpaper illustrations by Alex Schomburg
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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1952. Hard Cover. Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. x, 210 pp. First edition. As issued, in navy blue cloth with title in red on the spine. Binding is only lightly worn with the tail of the spine a bit bumped; textblock is notably and evenly toned, else Very Good+ or better; dust jacket presents very well with minor shelfwear including a crease along the top of the front panel; price intact on the front flap.
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