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Hardcover. Zustand: ex library-good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 212 p. 21 cm. B&w illustrations. Black cloth with turquoise print. Mylar-covered dustjacket. Ex library. Jacket has some scuffs and small tears to edges and spine. A couple of dark marks on front extending to front flap. Similar marks on rear flap. Front flap price clipped with an ink mark. Some soiling and old tape residue to book covers. Some marks on text block edges and margins within. Ink marks on first pages. Children's science-fiction novel first published in 1947 features three teenagers who participate in a pioneering flight to the Moon.…

Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good -. First Edition. 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 jacket flap. 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.…