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Black cloth with green decorations and titles on cover and spine. Slightly bruised spine ends and lower front tip, inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with four tiny tears along the edges and just a touch of shelf wear. An extremely attractive copy of the author's first book in dustjacket with clipped front flap and $2.50 price stamped. ; Octavo; 212 pages.

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.