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ROCKET SHIP GALILEO
de Heinlein, Robert A
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- This is a fine copy in a near fine later state dust jacket (printed price of $2.00 price clipped and publisher's increase pr
- Librería
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947]. First edition. This is a fine copy in a near fine later state dust jacket (printed price of $2.00 price clipped and publisher's increase price of $2.50 rubber stamped to upper front flap) which has mild shelf wear along lower edge and to spine ends, tiny chip to base of rear panel, mild darkening to spine panel. (10207). Octavo, cloth. This is the author's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream science fiction for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure in such a way that even today the book retains interest."- Anatomy of Wonder 5-62. Basis for the 1950 film Destination Moon in which Heinlein also contributed to the writing of the screenplay.
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 10207
- Título
- ROCKET SHIP GALILEO
- Autor
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Estado del libro
- Usado - This is a fine copy in a near fine later state dust jacket (printed price of $2.00 price clipped and publisher's increase pr
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- [1947]
- Palabras clave
- SF . YA . Film Source
Términos de venta
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Sobre el vendedor
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Laurel, Maryland
Sobre John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
