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THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH..
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Name in pencil to upper half title page, small inked name to lower left half title page, some foxing to front end paper with a f
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Name in pencil to upper half title page, small inked name to lower left half title page, some foxing to front end paper with a few spots to the fore edges, slight wear to corner tips, a very good or somewhat better copy in a fine dust jacket. (27941). Octavo, cover illustration by Hubert Rogers, cloth backed boards. One of the undetermined number of subscriber copies, signed by Heinlein on the half title page. Short stories forming part of Heinlein's "future history" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-514. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1645-54.
Synopsis
"The Green Hills of Earth" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, and the title of a song, "The Green Hills of Earth", mentioned in several of his novels. One of his Future History stories, the short story originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (February 8, 1947), and it was collected in The Green Hills of Earth (and subsequently in The Past Through Tomorrow).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27941
- Title
- THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH..
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - Name in pencil to upper half title page, small inked name to lower left half title page, some foxing to front end paper with a f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Shasta Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- [1951]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SF . SC . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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