New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1963]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to extremities, slight stress crease to upper front panel. (11110). Octavo, jacket art by Irv Doktor, cloth. The author's last juvenile novel.

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Podkayne of Mars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in Worlds of If (November 1962, January, March 1963), and published in hardcover in 1963. The novel is about a teenage girl named Podkayne "Poddy" Fries and her younger, asocial genius brother, Clark, who leave their home on Mars to take a trip on a spaceliner to visit Earth, accompanied by their uncle.

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Bookseller: John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11110
Title: PODKAYNE OF MARS: HER LIFE AND TIMES
Author: Heinlein, Robert A
Book Condition: Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to extremities, slight stress crease to upper front panel. (11110)
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: [1963]
Keywords: SF . YA

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