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Rocket Ship Galileo
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative black cloth binding rubbed at extremities; slightly cocked; spine ends & corners lightly frayed; old price in red-pencil on front free endpaper; bottom leaf edges soiled; paste-downs & endpapers toned, else a very tight & clean first edition. No dj. ; Nice black & white illustrations by Thomas W. Voter; "A" on copyright page.; 8vo; 212 pages .
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
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46900
- Title
- Rocket Ship Galileo
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Illustrator
- Thomas W. Voter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Vintage Space Novels, 20th Century American Fiction, Missouri Authors
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: SF;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Good+
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- Copyright page
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