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The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Sykesville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Gnome Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover, Gnome Press, 1959; 1st edition, 1st printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition, full bound tan cloth boards with lettering in yellow, red, and purple on the front board and spine. No markings of any kind inside or out; binding is solid and square. Top edge slightly dusty; for edge is deckle cut. Corners are sharp and square. Dust jacket is in Good to VG- condition; unclipped front flap still shows original price of $3.50. Some wear and tiny chipping to head and heel of spine. 1" diagonal crease v at upper right front corner, with associated smaller closed tear and diagonal chip. Small 1/4" chip at bottom right front corner. A very nice collection of some of Heinlein's short fiction to medium length fiction. Contents: The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" (1942)"The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" (1957)"—All You Zombies—" (1959)"They" (1941)"Our Fair City" (1948)"'—And He Built a Crooked House—'" (1941)
Synopsis
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre. He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future. Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002069
- Title
- The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Sykesville, Maryland
About Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Bayside Books of Maryland is an online-only store, and has been operating since 2001. I believe in accurately identifying both edition and condition. I am a book collector myself, and understand the importance of complete and honest descriptions.
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- Chipping
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- Good+
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