Rocket Ship Galileo
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Very Good +/Very Good -. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition, first issue with "A" and publisher's seal to copyright page and $2.00 price to front flap of dust jacket. Octavo; 212pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in green. Dust jacket toned and rubbed along edges with a few minor nicks; heavier chipping and a few scrapes along spine. Light shelfwear to boards; slightly cocked; binding sound; mild dust soiling to edges of text block; pages clean and unmarked; overall Very Good.
First published novel by a major writer of 20th century American fiction, "Rocket Ship Galileo" follows three amateur rocketeers as they fight off Moon Nazis and discover a dead lunar civilization. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream SF for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure," (Anatomy of Wonder). Copies in unclipped first issue dust jackets quite scarce.
Barron "Anatomy of Wonder" 5th Edition II-515.
First published novel by a major writer of 20th century American fiction, "Rocket Ship Galileo" follows three amateur rocketeers as they fight off Moon Nazis and discover a dead lunar civilization. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream SF for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure," (Anatomy of Wonder). Copies in unclipped first issue dust jackets quite scarce.
Barron "Anatomy of Wonder" 5th Edition II-515.