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PODKAYNE OF MARS: HER LIFE AND TIMES
by Heinlein, Robert A
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Former owner's large bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a few li
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1963]. First edition. Former owner's large bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a few light stress creases and rub mark with light stain to upper right corner of front jacket flap. (14752). Octavo, jacket art by Irv Doktor, cloth. The author's last juvenile novel.
Synopsis
Podkayne of Mars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in Worlds of If (November 1962, January, March 1963), and published in hardcover in 1963. The novel is about a teenage girl named Podkayne "Poddy" Fries and her younger, asocial genius brother, Clark, who leave their home on Mars to take a trip on a spaceliner to visit Earth, accompanied by their uncle.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14752
- Title
- PODKAYNE OF MARS: HER LIFE AND TIMES
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - Former owner's large bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a few li
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1963]
- Keywords
- SF . YA
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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