Methuselah's Children
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good or Better/Very Good or Better
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1941. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good or Better/Very Good or Better. Very good or better in a very good or better unclipped dust jacket. First issue binding with black cloth and red lettering on spine. Pages browned as is usual due to the poor quality war-time paper that was used. Jacket is first issue with the full address of the publisher on the rear panel and 35 titles listed Wear to extremities with some loss at the corners and spine ends. . Short closed tear, difficult to see, at top of front panel.
Synopsis
Methuselah's Children is a 1941 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction (July, August, September 1941). It was expanded into a full-length novel in 1958. In 1997, Methuselah's Children won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian Sci-Fi novel. Heinlein used his "Future History" series of stories as a background for this novel about the long-lived Howard Families, star travel, and human freedom.
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- Bookseller
- James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004410
- Title
- Methuselah's Children
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good or Better
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good or Better
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 823
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ABAA-BOSTON-2022
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About the Seller
James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2017
Palm Desert, California
About James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Specializing in Modern First Editions, including many signed copies
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