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STARSHIP TROOPERS
by HEINLEIN, Robert A.; illustrated by HICKMAN, Stephen; introduction by HALDEMAN, Joe:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society. 2018. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's original quarter black cloth with titles in metallic blue to the spine, blue boards illustrated in metallic blue to the upper board, in the black card slipcase with pictorial onlay to the side. All edges metallic blue. With a frontispiece and six further illustrations in colour, two of which are double page. A fine copy, the binding square, tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original slipcase. First published in the UK in 1960 by New English Library, this newly illustrated edition follows the text of the British first edition, with minor emendations. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Synopsis
Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as "Starship Soldier") and published hardcover in December, 1959. The first-person narrative is about a young soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25035
- Title
- STARSHIP TROOPERS
- Author
- HEINLEIN, Robert A.; illustrated by HICKMAN, Stephen; introduction by HALDEMAN, Joe:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition with these illustrations
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: The Folio Society. 2018
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Folio
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