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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a signed first edition, first printing of the first novel published by one of the twentieth centurys pioneering and preeminent science fiction authors. The author signed Robert A. Heinlein immediately below his printed name on the title page. First printing is confirmed by the Scribners A on the copyright page and the unclipped $2.00 price on the upper front flap confirms first issue of the dust jacket. Condition of the volume is near fine, the jacket very good. The illustrated cloth binding is square, clean, and tight with nicely rounded spine and sharp corners. Shelf wear to extremities is trivial, including a few tiny dings to the edges and minor wrinkling to the spine ends. The contents are notably clean, with only the mildest age-toning, no spotting, and no previous owner marks apart from the authors signature. Even the page edges remain unblemished. The dust jacket is substantially…

In 'Rocket Ship Galileo', Robert A. Heinlein tells the story of three teenagers who team up with their uncle, a scientist, to build a rocketship and travel to the moon, where they encounter a sinister plot by atomic-age villains.