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Between the Planets
by Heinlein, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine first issue book with Scribner's A and seal to copyright page, in a Near Fine jacket retaining $2.50 price to inner flap. Crease to front endpaper and contemporary ownership stamp of "Carlota Frahm, literary agent." Rubbing to jacket along joints of spine and some chipping and loss to spine ends and corners. A pleasing copy overall.
The fifth of Heinlein's juvenile series of novels, Between Planets follows the adventures of a young man leaving college who is quickly tangled up into an interplanetary rebellion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
The fifth of Heinlein's juvenile series of novels, Between Planets follows the adventures of a young man leaving college who is quickly tangled up into an interplanetary rebellion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5348
- Title
- Between the Planets
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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