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FARMER IN THE SKY
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate affixed to verso of front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust to nearly fine dust jacket with ink t
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First edition. Bookplate affixed to verso of front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust to nearly fine dust jacket with ink touch ups to spine ends, upper right front corner and a patch in to the lower rear fold. The book presents well. (25326). Octavo, cloth. A Heinlein juvenile novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-61.
Synopsis
Farmer In The Sky is a 1950 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a teenaged boy who emigrates with his family to Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which is in the process of being terraformed. It was originally published in serial form in Boys' Life magazine (August, September, October, November 1950), under the title "Satellite Scout" before being republished in hardcover later that year by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25326
- Title
- FARMER IN THE SKY
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate affixed to verso of front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust to nearly fine dust jacket with ink t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- SF . YA
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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