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Lot 219

HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988). Space Cadet. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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$400

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HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988). Space Cadet. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 8vo. Illustrated by Clifford N. Geary. 242 pp. Publisher's full navy cloth, front board and spine stamped in green, publisher's unclipped ("$2.50") dust jacket.

Condition

Light rubbing to cloth, small bump to lower edge of front board, endleaves and edge of text-block foxed; jacket toned, rubbed, verso of jacket foxed, a few marginal short tears. Near fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF HEINLEIN'S SECOND JUVENILE NOVEL. This novel was the inspiration for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series. 

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