The Green Hills of Earth
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this collection of previously-published stories (each previously appearing only in periodicals or in collections featuring multiple authors). Black quarter cloth with gilt spine titling, green boards; very good with light edgewear, bumps to bottom fore-edge corners, very slight bump to top fore-edge corner of front panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with toning, scuffing, edgewear, including minor chipping to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Two tiny stains to textblock fore-edge. Prior owner's name stamped to verso of FFEP. Interior else clean, pages toned, text unmarked.
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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- The Book Bin
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019647
- Title
- The Green Hills of Earth
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Shasta Publishers
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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