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Farmer in the Sky
by Robert Heinlein
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Scribner, New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Farmer in the Sky, New York: Scribner, 1950. Octavo, first edition with Scribner 'A' and seal on copyright page, pp. 216, navy cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine and front, image of the moon on front. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. See Anatomy of Wonder, 5-61. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at spine ends and tips, with a dampstain in the moon area on the front panel, not obtrusive until you see the reverse side, which picked up some of the blue tinting of the front board. Likewise the blue board has a small lightened area where the tint was picked up by the jacket. Still, an attractive copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52672. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52672
- Title
- Farmer in the Sky
- Author
- Robert Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Robert Heinlein Farmer in the Sky
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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- New
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