Rocket Ship Galileo
by Heinlein, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1947. Nice copy with classic illustration on front panel in red white and gray of rocket ship entering outer space. Scribner's seal present on copyright page with no additional printings or dates shown but no Scribner "A". Tight and square with no markings. Price clipped jacket has minor edgewear at spine ends. Former owner's blind stamp to front endpaper but does not stand out amongst the illustrated endpapers of space. In mylar. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Thomas W. Voter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009556
- Title
- Rocket Ship Galileo
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert
- Illustrator
- Thomas W. Voter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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