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Space Cadet
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Original cloth. First edition with Scribner's "A." Tape marks to front/rear boards. 2cm of board exposed at edge, corners lightly bumped, edges rubbed. Bookplate to ffep; glue stains to ffep around bookplate as if larger bookplate was removed. Front hinge mildly starting; paper cracked, mesh showing at 2nd rear endpage but board holding well. Scattered stains to pages. The DJ in mylar is chipped to points and spine head, slight pulls to flaps partially obscuring a few words, and with a 2-3 cm closed tear to top edge of front flap, running through the $2.50 price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Space Cadet is a 1948 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about Matt Dodson, who joins the Space Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System. The story translates the standard military academy story into outer space: a boy from Iowa goes to officer school, sees action and adventure, shoulders responsibilities far beyond his experience, and becomes a man. It was published as the second of the series of Heinlein juveniles.
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39575
- Title
- Space Cadet
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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