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The Star Beast
by Robert A. Heinlein
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover first edition, with dust jacket, published by Scribners 1954. One of several 'Young Adult' titles that Heinlein wrote in the 1950's, this one is about 'Lummox' the unusual pet of the Stuart family. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original first state price of $2.50 printed on the top corner of the front flap. The dust jacket has some minor edge wear primarily at the heel of the spine area, some rubbing at the edges, a smudge mark just to the left of the beast's head, no major rips or tears. The jacket has been protected with a clear, removable, Brodart brand cover. Black cloth covered boards with the author's name and title on the spine in bright blue, and the title in bright blue on the front board. First state code 'A' printed on the copyright page to the right of 'Printed in the United States of America', with the Scribner Press medallion on the left side of the page. 282 pages. All lettering is crisp and not rubbed or worn. One tiny dot of edge wear to the lower corner of the back board, one dot at the heel of the spine. Corners of the boards are straight and not bumped or creased. Cover art by Clifford Geary, who also did the art for the paste down pages, and title page as well. Former owner's name typed on a small label pasted to the ffep, about 1-1/2" inch long, 1/2" wide. No writing on the text pages. This is not a library discard copy. The binding is tight and square. Edges of the text block are clean. We have several Heinlein titles listed. Attached are photos of the copy we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-475
- Title
- The Star Beast
- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Illustrator
- Clifford Geary
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- First
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1950's, classic, golden age of SF, heinlein, young adult
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
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