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Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Science Fiction, 1st edition, First printing, 1958, space suit The publisher's code is A.9-58(MJ) on the copyright page. DJ FLAP $2.95 , in Yellow Illustrated  Dustjacket  with one of the most beloved of Heinlein's tales of space for young readers, featuring the science prodigy

Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Science Fiction, 1st edition, First printing, 1958, space suit The publisher's code is A.9-58(MJ) on the copyright page. DJ FLAP $2.95 , in Yellow Illustrated Dustjacket with one of the most beloved of Heinlein's tales of space for young readers, featuring the science prodigy

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Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Science Fiction, 1st edition, First printing, 1958, space suit The publisher's code is A.9-58(MJ) on the copyright page. DJ FLAP $2.95 , in Yellow Illustrated Dustjacket with one of the most beloved of Heinlein's tales of space for young readers, featuring the science prodigy

by Robert A. Heinlein, BLUE & WHITE STARRY ENDPAPERS, DJ FLAP .95 WITH LITE WRINKLING. yellow, red, and black pictorial dust jacket was designed by Ed Emschwiller, ,blue & White Starry endpapers have small sticker, NOT EX-Library , B/W Frontispiece

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,HBDJ, NOT EX-Library , 1958 , 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, The publisher's code is A.9-58(MJ) on the copyright page , VG+/VG-, B/W FrontispieceTINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS & SMALL WATER STAINS EDGES & BTM DJ SPINE, LITE SOIL BACK YELLOW DJOriginal orange cloth with a space suit-clad person stamped in black on front board and the spine lettered in black. The copyright page contains the enumeration of A.9-58[MJ] confirming this is a first edition, first printing. The yellow and red colors on the jacket are both vibrant. This volume is in Very Good+ condition with no extraneous marks or foxing. There is some fading to the top and bottom of the spine. This is NOT an Ex-Library book.The yellow and red colors on the jacket are both vibrant. 276 PGS ,tales of space for young readers, featuring the science prodigy and tomboy Peewee joining the boy hero Kip on his adventures. year is 2075Young Kip must navigate a series of space obstacles by his scientific know-how and practical can-do attitude, with the help of little Pee Wee, only ten years old but a genius who can do interstellar mathematical calculations in her head. This book is remarkable in Golden Age science fiction for avoiding romance between the two (primarily through their age difference), though Pee Wee does occasionally have to scold Kip for the inefficiencies his ideas of chivalry create at times. Heinlein's final science fiction novel aimed at a juvenile audience

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Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Science Fiction, 1st edition, First printing, 1958, space suit The publisher's code is A.9-58(MJ) on the copyright page. DJ FLAP $2.95 , in Yellow Illustrated Dustjacket with one of the most beloved of Heinlein's tales of space for young readers, featuring the science prodigy
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Robert A. Heinlein, BLUE & WHITE STARRY ENDPAPERS, DJ FLAP $2.95 WITH LITE WRINKLING. yellow, red, and black pictorial dust jacket was designed by Ed Emschwiller, ,blue & White Starry endpapers have small sticker, NOT EX-Library , B/W Frontispiece
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Ed Emschwiller
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1ST
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Hardcover
Publisher
Charles Scribners, NY
Date Published
1958
Pages
276
Weight
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Keywords
Robert Heinlein Science Fiction CHILDREN JUVENILE

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