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Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land.. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, ()., 1961.
Price: US$11.10 + shipping
Description: Hugo Award, 1962. Octavo, green boards (hardcover), yellow letters, uncut, 413 pp. Fair, with edgewear, particularly to spine. Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction. tws
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons; New York, 1961.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book Club Edition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along extremities, being well protected in mylar sleeve. Interior pages are clean. Binding is secure. Ex-libris plate to front paste down.
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, USA, 1961.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third Printing. No dust jacket. Ex-library with tape ghosts to boards, Stamp to top text block, stamp to title page, rear card pocket. Green cloth boards. Full gilt to spine. A solid copy despite being ex-library.
Seller: Preferred Books, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam, New York, 1961.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good+/Very Good++. Hardcover with dust jacket. B.O.M.C. Former owners initials on free front endpaper with moderate edgewear. Dust jacket has Moderate edgewear and rubbing. Very attractive copy
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$28.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Turquoise covers with lime green title on spine. In poor dust jacket that has 3 chunks missing, and a few tears. In mylar protector, it looks pretty good, as the front & back covers are mostly intact. Light wear to ends of spine, edges, & points of corners. Some light spotting to upper/lower page blocks. Binding & interior very good. Book club edition.
Seller: Burke's Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Condition: VG+. Small 8vo. size. Book Club Edition. 414 pp. Glossy turquoise textured boards. One of Heinlein's Hugo award winners, it introduced the verb "to Grok" into the cultural lexicon. There are small cracks just beginning at the head and heel of the spine, and some minor wear to the extremities, but otherwise the book is very clean, bright, and tight. The price-clipped dj is VG, has a few tears, only one of much size, minor wear to the extremities, and slight soiling, but is still bright and whole. Further housed in a protective mylar jacket.
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1961.
Price: US$33.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (usa) Copyright 1961 to the copyright page, edition not stated. No bookclub markings, No C22 code. No markings, Very Good ; lacking the dust jacket. Blue green leatherette over boards, spine titles in yellow, 414pp. Stranger in a Strange Land won the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel and became the first science fiction novel to enter The New York Times Book Review's best-seller list. In 2012, the Library of Congress named it one of 88 "Books that Shaped America" The novel tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with and eventual transformation of Terran culture. (1.7 JM HOJ 302/0 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is an unusual pirated edition from Asia. See the notes below from an appraisal by Barneby's (Value My Stuff). Pirated Edition, produced in Asia.The original, blockbuster edition of 1967 was abridged by the publisher. by some 60,000 words, The original, abridged text, was good enough to win the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and to be named by the Library of Congress as one of the "88 Books That Shaped America". It also was good enough to be pirated, as here, probably in Taiwan. It is smaller than the Putnam trade edition, but is printed on lighter and better paper than the book club edition. The $6.95 price is printed on the bottom of the front jacket flap. Comparable Book Auction: (2015) [Pirated Edition]. Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. Pirated from the G.P. Putnam's Sons first edition. USD 46. Marketplace copy listed at $50.
Seller: Squarebridge, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
HEINLEIN, Robert A.. Stranger In A Strange Land. G.P. Putnam?s Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, tan cloth over boards, silver stamped text on spine, color decorated dust jacket. Piracy copy not printed in the United States; the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to eart after being raised by Martians, from 2oth century American author, naval officer and engineer Robert Anson Heinlein. Very Good; some shelf wear, slightly cocked; with Very Good dust jacket; some chips and edge wear, tape repair to top edge of spine.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: BOOK CLUB EDITION. Quarto. Turquoise boards, with publisher's yellow topstain. Rubbing to extremities, and one bumped (rear) corner. Dustjacket shows edgewear and several sizeable chips missing, the largest of which is the 2 in, x 1,25 in to top of dustjacket spine, and another 1 1/2 in. x 1 in. at bottom of rear dustjacket flap. Corner clipped. "1881" appears at bottom of rear dustjacket flap. Nice, affordable, working copy of one of the all-time classic science fiction novels, which first introduced to the culture the concepts of Water Brothers, and the verb, to Grok,which means a level of understanding far beyond merely cognitively apprehending the facts of a matter, but rather, to drink deep of the fullness of something, then, that can be called "Understanding" Good Plus in chipped dustjacket
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Square and unmarked Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Green paper over boards. 414pp. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. Jacket design by Ben Feder. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$58.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light green cover with a yellow spine title & yellow top edge. Book in nice overall condition with a very light bottom spine shift. Jacket with small edge tears/chips, in a nice Mylar protective cover. This is the Book Club Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Rose City Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam, New York, 1961.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Hardback with the old green dust jacket, book club edition. Book has gravity sag but is tight. Dust jacket has chips and abrasions at corners and spine; shows wear and age.
Seller: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's, New York, 1961.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear, light rubbing to bottom edge of covers. Previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows wear, rubbing/small tears to front flap, chipping at spine ends. Tear to spine/front panel tape repaired on rear of DJ. ; Book Club Edition; 414 pages
Seller: Dan Glaeser Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger In A Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good, hard cover book with no dust jacket, book club edition, bumped edges, sunned, deckle pages, 408 pages, 8vo.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Description: BOOK CLUB EDITION. Quarto. Turquoise boards, with bright, publisher's yellow topstain. Astonishingly clean and bright book club edition of this seminal science fiction classic -- the science fiction title that so many who disavow any interest in the genre, have read -- and GROKKED! If you just want to have a lovely copy of this work which has been of significant importance to so many -- yet cannot afford several thousand for a a non book club copy in comparable shape, THIS is the copy to own. ("24K" to bottom of p. 411, and "1881" appears at bottom of rear dustjacket flap. Nice, affordable, working copy of one of the all-time classic science fiction novels, which first introduced to the culture the concepts of Water Brothers, and the verb, to Grok,which means a level of understanding far beyond merely cognitively apprehending the facts of a matter, but rather, to drink deep of the fullness of something, then, that can be called "Understanding", (but acknowledging that this earthling term pales in comparison to the infinitesimally deeper concept of Grokking.). Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.25
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Robert Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book Club Edition, so stated. Light teal hard cover with yellow lettering to the spine, bright yellow top staining. This copy is FINE in a NEAR FINE , unclipped ( book club edition to bottom front flap) , DJ designed by Ben Feder and with the 1881 on the bottom rear flap. 37 L gutter code on page 411. Exterior is pristine with only hints of wear. Rich, sharp. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight with only modest toning. DJ is bright with very modest toning to rear flap and hints of rubbing around the edges. UNUSUAL with the 37 L gutter code.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$137.45 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Closed tearing on spine crown and heel, top front panel, and bottom rear panel. Small open tears on panel corners. Shelfwear on spine and front panel side edges. Light foxing on text block edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961.
Price: US$139.76 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$149.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Book Club Edition no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. With c23 on last page. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket, good only, is not priced and with wear, stains, chips and tears. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition book club first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Collectible copy. Very scarce, rare book.
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein Robert. Stranger in A strange Land. G.p Putnam, 1961.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good Book Club Edition hardcover in green boards with yellow top edge and with good Ben Feder DJ in new Brodart jacket. Unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. TIny dent on front boards and light wear to spine ends. DJ has light wear at spine ends and corners and spot on back panel below Heinlein's photo. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam, New York, 1961.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 408pp, green cloth boards with titles on spine in gold. Binding secure, corners solid. Slight spine lean, shelfwear to spine ends. Second impression of Heinlein's classic novel. Two former owners' names on front free endpaper in ink. Underlining and margin notes in pencil at irregular intervals. Text block otherwise clean. Three small brown stains on front fore-edge of pages, but no evidence of staining within book. Green dust jacket with titles in yellow and white. Shelfwear to jacket, including small missing pieces at gutters bylower and upper spine ends. Rubbing to front and rear panels of jacket. Jacket is intact, not price clipped, and also shows a Kroch's & Brentano's price tag on the lower part of the back jacket. Dust jacket under mylar.
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. One of the landmarks of 20th-Century speculative fiction, winner of the Hugo Award, it either inspired or outraged a generation. This is a Fine copy of the Book Club Edition. Light green pebbled cloth binding with yellow spine lettering, yellow topstain. Absolutely clean and fresh text; 414 pages. The dustjacket is still bright and fresh, showing some minor edgewear. In a protective plastic cover. If you cannot afford a First Edition copy, this is a great place-holder. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$182.50 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. "50C" inked on FEP. Rubbing, tape, and open tearing along panel edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6th printing trade edition hardcover in a jacket. Square and unmarked. 408pp. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shelf rubbed. In a protective mylar cover. Jacket design by Ben Feder. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.First Book Club Edition. NEAR FINE- hardcover book in NEAR FINE- dust-jacket. Code "C23"in the gutter of page 408. A bit of foxing to top and fore edges. DJ has light toning and some wear at extremities, primarily to head and heel of spine. There is no previous owner writing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger In A Strange Land. Putnam, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book has a remainder mark P bottom of the page block and a light ding in the bottom edges of the covers. The Jacket is priced clipped and has a minute nick in the lower front spine edge. All jackets in mylar wrps.
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam, New York, 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth covered boards clean and tight w/light spine end bumping. Jacket clean and crisp with $6.95 price on flap. Later printing (possibly fourth). Very light wear to jacket.
Seller: The Book Merchant, LLC, Stillwater, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein A firm square copy with some rubbing to the spine corners and corner tips. A bright dust jacket cover with slightly tanned spine and tanned edges. A half-inch partially open tear to corner, a quarter-inch chip to spine bottom corner, quarter-inch closed tears to spine top corners. Brodart cover. Book Club Edition. Printing code "C23" to page 408.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger In a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1961 at copyright; no other dates. Bluish green boards, yellow spine titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine, clean; no writing. Bright yellow top-stain. Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; protected in new, clear sleeve. Intriguing jacket design by Ben Feder features blue-green imagery of sculpture w/yellow spine titles; sculpture depicts muscular bodies embracing w/cubes as heads melting into each other amid several faces discovered of transmogrified alien faces w/three fingers/teeth biting in. Portrait of finely dressed Heinlein at back panel engrossed in book. Very attractive. Code 1881 at back flap. Robert Heinlein's Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from 'cult' status to mass control bestseller to deemed sci-fi classic. Intriguing as this 'communalism,' masked as more refined or correct status of mind, led to the blueprint of the generation grokking its contents. Also set the table for the 'space' race and Kubrick's odyssey, and mixed class messaging as in we own it all and thou shall share in squalor. Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and powers exceed the limits of all others, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earths inhabitants forever. According to review of Brooks Peck: Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of V. Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to Mars. Michael is raised by Martians, and he arrives on Earth as a true innocent: he has never seen a woman and has no knowledge of Earth's cultures or religions. But he brings turmoil with him, as he is the legal heir to an enormous financial empire, not to mention de facto owner of the planet Mars. With the irascible popular author Jubal Harshaw to protect him, Michael explores human morality and the meanings of love. He founds his own church, preaching free love and disseminating the psychic talents taught him by the Martians. Ultimately, he confronts the fate reserved for all messiahs. The impact of Stranger in a Strange Land was considerable, leading many children of the 60's to set up households based on Michael's water-brother nests. Heinlein loved to pontificate through the mouths of his characters, so modern readers must be willing to overlook the occasional sour note ("Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's partly her fault."). That aside, Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the master's best, provocative as he always loved to be. Can you grok it? Printed in the USA. 414 pages. Insure post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Extremely well preserved copy of original book club. Unmarked, tight and square. Blue green boards with yellow lettering on spine and yellow topstain. Clean, fresh and crisp. Same jacket as the first but not the first state which had ad for Starship Troopers on rear panel. Jacket is as nice as the book, no flaws but for faint toning along rear fold (and only along fold) and tiny crease on rear panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 408 Pages. Green boards with gold spine lettering. Code E15 at bottom of page 408. Dust jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Dust jacket tattered. Not since the publication of Philip Wylie's Generation of Vipers has there been a book quite so deliberately designed to make us uncomfortable about nearly everything we take for granted. In this entertaining and often shocking novel, however, Mr. Heinlein uses fictional characters in fictional situations to attack all explanations of the universe offered on faith, to undermine the idea of sexual relations founded on jealousy, and to annoy the materialists and the politicians. Although certain of the techniques of science fiction are used, Stranger In A Strange Land might be classed as philosophical fantasy, or as an entertainment, or, perhaps, as Cabellesque satire. A completely freewheeling look at contemporary culture from the nonhuman viewpoint of someone from another culture, it is unlike anything that has ever been done before. It is deliberately annoying, and often very funny. It runs down the sacred cows and slaughters them hilariously. Here is an incredible story with enough excitement and action for five novels, but it is not for people who are easily shocked. Although he knew it was an impossible objective, Mr. Heinlein's purpose in writing this novel was to examine every major axiom of Western culture, to question each axiom, throw doubt on it -- and, if possible, to make the antithesis of each axiom appear a possible and perhaps desirable thing-rather than unthinkable. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1929, where he specialized in Naval Science, Mr. Heinlein retired for medical reasons in 1934. After his retirement he studied mathematics and physics in the UCLA Graduate School. During W orId War II he was an engineer in the Naval Aircraft Factory. Mr. Heinlein's first story, Lifeline, was written in 1939. During the past fifteen years he has written two books a year at his home in Colorado Springs. Foreign travel is his principal hobby. With his wife, Virginia, he has visited every major nation except Red China in the past five years, over 180,000 miles of travel on six continents and every ocean. Scans available on request.
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam, New York, USA, 1961.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Third impression. Boards fine-does not appear to have been read. Stamp from Colonial Press on first FEP as pictured. Solid gilt to spine. Dust jacket has fading to spine and front flap, small area of discoloration to bottom rear panel. A very solid copy of this classic. $6.95 price present on inside flap.
Seller: Preferred Books, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, unread first book club edition of this famous novel by Heinlein. This copy is clean and unmarked throughout. The yellow page topstaining is bright and fresh and shows virtually no wear. The green boards are clean and unmarked. They do show some minor bumping at the top and bottom of the spine from storage. The jacket is clean, bright and fresh and is housed in a Brodart cover for protection. The "Book Club" statement to the bottom of the front interior flap has been clipped. The front panel is clean and fresh. The rear panel does show some minor age toning to the edges and a small dark stain is present near the bottom of the author's picture. Overall a lovely collectable copy at a far more reasonable cost than a first edition.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger In A Strange Land. Putnam, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1961.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine book with light tanning to the edges of the page block and slight foxing top of the page block. The jacket has a tiny rub bottom outer corner of the front panel of the jacket. The colors are bright and unfaded.
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein,Robert. Stranger in A Strange Land. Putnam, New York 1995, 1961.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: lacking the code C22 on page 408 no additional printings stated dw has rubbing to the front and rear panels, light green boards with some edgewear to the corners previous owners address label on first page. Cites L W Currey page 234
Seller: Always Superior Books, marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (First Edition) Bright tight unread copy with slight wrinkling and very faint dampstain to the gutter of the first quarter of the text block at bottom. Clear mylar protective cover. Rebound. Full Leather. First Printing with code C22 on page 408. LCCCN: 61-11702, 1961 on copyright page. Real leather with raised bands, head and tail bands, spine stamped black with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Clear fitted mylar cover. No jacket present.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 408p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. The spine and back covers have been dampstained; the green cloth on the book itself has some corresponding light stains as well as stuck-on fragments of the dustjacket. Spine ends and corners barely rubbed. Some light dampstains in the gutter of the rear endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket shows more obvious dampstaining on the spine and back panel; the spine is particular is heavily scuffed, making the title hard to read. Light chipping at the corners and spine ends. Otherwise still generally intact, and not price-clipped. The true first edition, first printing of this classic science fiction novel. The jacket's front flap shows a price of $4.50, with the date 0761 at the bottom. The last page has the code C22.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. PUTNAM'S SONS (G.P.) PUB 1961, NEW YORK NY, 1961.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: WITH "C22" ON TERMINAL LEAF / WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD PUBLISHER'S GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GREEN TOP EDGE STAIN AND GILT SPINE TITLES. THE GREEN COLOR ON UPPER AND LOWER BOARDS IS RATHER EVENLY MOTTLED AND FADED, SOME VERY MODEST FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE COPY.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing in first state dust jacket. With the code C22 on the last page and the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number on the copyright page. Dust jacket retains its original price of $4.50. Heinlein's photograph on rear DJ flap, rear DJ cover is an ad and blurbs for Starship Troopers. Book is bound in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles. Top page edges have the green stain. Both ends of spine gently bumped. This book has very noticeable dampstaining to the front cover. The dampstaining does not affect the pages or the spine or the rear cover, but it is very noticeable on the front cover. Front cover also has white rub marks near the bottom edge. Pages clean with no rippling or waviness or evidence of dampstaining. Rear cover clean. Gold spine titles clean and only slightly age dulled. Dust jacket dampstained on front flap, front cover, and spine. Moderate soiling to DJ rear cover. Rubbing to edges. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box, due to the value of this item, we will require signature confirmation. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with code "C22" on page 408. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200. Underlining in ink of short passages in text on pages 85, 87, 88-89, 127, 279 and 381, else a fine copy in nearly fine first printing dust jacket with clipped price, touch of fading to spine panel, and some light shelf wear and rubbing at edges, mostly head and tail of spine panel. The jacket is bright and attractive overall. (#30227)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of Heinlein's landmark science fiction novel and winner of the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel. With code C22 on page 408. "Of all Heinlein's works this is the best known. It reached large audiences farther away from his science fiction roots than anything else he wrote.Stranger's cultural impact on an entire generation is, nonetheless, undeniable" (Anatomy of Wonder). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. Publisher's original green cloth, gilt stamped titles to spine, top edge green; pp. 408. A near fine or better copy in a good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Minimal wear to boards, gilt lettering on spine unfaded. Internally clean and fine. Jacket shows general shelfwear and rubbing with a chip to back panel, some wrinkling and creasing to panels, closed tear to front panel with tape reinforcement to verso, spine sunned as is common. Protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons [1961], New York, 1961.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. "Of all Heinlein's works this is the best known. It reached large audiences farther away from his science fiction roots than anything else he wrote." "Stranger's cultural impact on an entire generation is, nonetheless, undeniable." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-91. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the corner tips, the front panel has rub marks mostly along the upper edges, mild rubbing and wear to the spine ends with a small chip at the base of the spine, spine panel is faded from green to blue, small closed tear to the upper rear panel. (28638) First edition. First printing with code "C22" on page 408.
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam's, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: [1961]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Green topstain. 408pps. There is very light rubbing to the edges of the cloth and faint tanning to either free endpage, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages are immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Includes the first-issue point of 'C22' at the bottom of page 408. The first-state dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve and with none of the usual spine-fading, has a long crease along the bottom of the front panel and moderate general wear at the folds and the extremities including shallow chipping, a couple of closed tears, and touches of rubbing; the original price (4.50) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this high spot of Science Fiction literature. This classic was the winner of the 1962 Hugo Award. "Not since the publication of Philip Wylie's 'Generation of Vipers' has there been a book quite so so deliberately designed to make us uncomfortable about nearly everything we take for granted. In this entertaining and often shocking novel, however, Mr. Heinlein uses fictional characters in fictional situations to attack all explanations of the universe offered on faith, to undermine the idea of sexual relations founded on jealousy, and to annoy the materialists and the politicians. Although certain of the techniques of science fiction are used, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' might be classed as a philosophical fantasy, or as an entertainment, or, perhaps, as Cabellesque satire. A completely freewheeling look at contemporary culture from the nonhuman viewpoint of someone from another culture, it is unlike anything that has ever been done before. It is deliberately annoying, and often very funny. It runs down the sacred cows and slaughters them hilariously. Although he knew it was an impossible objective, Mr. Heinlein's purpose in writing this novel was to examine every major axiom of Western culture, to question each axiom, throw doubt on it -- and, if possible -- to make the antithesis of each axiom appear a possible and perhaps desirable thing -- rather than unthinkable." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos, comprehensive, can be emailed upon request. 40A.
Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3330.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in green cloth with gilt stamped spine and top edge stained green. First Edition, First Printing with code C22 on page 408. Jacket design by Ben Feder. Winner of the 1962 Hugo Award for best novel.Fine in VG jacket. Book has slight spine lean, slightly darkened spine panel and light shelf wear along bottom edge. Previous owners name to f.f.e, otherwise interior is unmarked with clean white pages. First state VG jacket is un-clipped, protected and has "0761" code. The jacket has fading to spine, bumped spine ends, minor soiling and light pencils on rear, and wear along edges and folds.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green clot with spine stamped in gilt; publisher's code of C22 at gutter of pp. 408. Very Good with lean to binding, soiling/toning to edges and foxing to edge of textblock. Front free endpaper with former owner bookplate and top corner clipped, likely removing an owner name. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light spine fading and light general wear, slight waviness to rear panel, partially-erased pencil marking to front flap.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with code "C22" on page 408. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200. Neat owner's name dated May 1965 on front free endpaper. Spine lettering just a bit dull, cloth just a bit crimped at spine ends, a nearly fine copy in bright, very good or better first printing dust jacket (priced $4.50 on the front flap) with a hint of uniform fading of spine panel to slightly lighter blue-green, and some modest re-coloring and minor professional mends at edges. Quite a nice copy overall. Enclosed in a custom cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. (#157024)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Heinlein, Robert A. - Stranger in a Strange Land. New Your, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961, 1st edition, 8vo. NF/VG. A solid looking book with great gild to spine. Very mild lean to spine, more evident to crown than foot. Corners have just a very mild trivial amount of dulling. The original dealers (Kroch's & Brentano's) sticker to back panel of jacket. Rubbing, wear and mild chipping to extremities and folds, not priced clipped. "Stranger in a Strange Land became an underground classic, the first "Best seller" to emerge from the science fiction genre." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pg. 2195) "A Hugo award winner." (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, pg. 237.) In custom made clam shell book box. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA, U.S.A.
Robert A. Heinlein.. Stranger in a Strange Land.. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1961.
Price: US$3600.00 + shipping
Description: INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: "To Robin Beck Never Thirst!". Very Good in Good: The book shows the faintest smudges and soiling at the outside edges of the text block and a a couple of faint soil spots to the green cloth over boards;the binding leans very slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing moderate wear and minor chipping; considerable rubbing to the panels; numerous tiny nicks and tears; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Remains serviceable, but shows considerable wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches). 408 pages. Language: English. Weight: 21.7 ounces. First Edition (1961); Seventh Printing. Hardback with DJ. Robert A. Heinlein (1907 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking. His plots often posed provocative situations which challenged conventional social mores. His work continues to have an influence on the science-fiction genre, and on modern culture more generally. Heinlein was one of the best-selling science-fiction novelists for many decades, and he, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke are often considered the "Big Three" of English-language science fiction authors. Stranger in a Strange Land is one of his most notable works. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with and eventual transformation of Terran culture. In 2012, the Library of Congress named it one of 88 "Books that Shaped America". INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Stranger In a Strange Land. New York Putnam 1961, 1961.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing with code C22 on page 408. Fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket with a trace of edge wear and very minor soiling to the rear panel. Jacket artwork is by Ben Feder, Inc. An increasingly scarce book in collectible condition. The authorÕs landmark and most famous work as well as winner of the Hugo Award for the best science fiction novel of the year. One of the most influential books on the counterculture of the Sixties. A view of EarthÕs culture from the perspective of an innocent Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing published 1961 with NO indication of later printing printed on the copyright page. This original dustjacket has the publisher's $4.50 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with some wear to the boards. The pages have minor discoloration. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the "C22" code printed on page 408.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam, New York, 1961.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'it's the source, I grok in fullness, of all that makes this planet so rich'. Heinlein's profoundly influential novel, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award for best novel, and a classic of the countercuture. Green cloth. Some toning to endsheets, very good plus in very good plus dust jacket (a few tiny scuffs and losses at corners)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. Putnam, 1961.
Price: US$6394.00 + shipping
Description: STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, Putnam, 1961, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some slight wear, minor rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel and that "oh so frequent bluing" to the dust-wrapper spine. Actually, an exceedingly nice copy. The authors 3rd HUGO winning title, his breakout novel which captured a generation and became one of the important books of the '60's, ranking with DUNE, CATCH 22, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and others as a 'cause celebre' for the literati of the decade. Laid in as a Christmas and New Year greeting card SIGNED by both Bob & Ginny Heinlein.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with Code C22 on page 408. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the original publisher's green cloth. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the First Issue dustjacket. We buy Heinlein First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. G. P. Putnam's Sons [1961], New York, 1961.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Winner of the 1962 Hugo award for best novel. "Of all Heinlein's works this is the best known. It reached large audiences farther away from his science fiction roots than anything else he wrote." "Stranger's cultural impact on an entire generation is, nonetheless, undeniable." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-91. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-518. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2195-2200. Upper corners slightly bumped, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and upper right front corner, yellow ink to title lettering of spine panel is slightly faded, rubs to spine/rear panel fold. An attractive copy. (25400)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A.. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. NEW YORK NY PUTNAM'S SONS (G.P.) PUB 1961., 1961.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR FINE IN A NEAR FINE D.J. WITH "C22" ON TERMINAL LEAF / WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD BOOK'S SPINE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES, NO BUMPS TO CORNERS, AND VERY CLEAN INSIDE AND ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE TEXT WHICH IS STAINED LIGHT GREEN, AND WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. SUPPLIED FIRST ISSUE D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH JUST A TRACE OF CORNER RUB AND EDGE WEAR, SOME LIGHT RUB AT THE LOWER THIRD OF THE SPINE PANEL, SOME TONING TO THE FLAPS TOP CORNERS, JUST A TRACE OF BARELY DETECTABLE COLOR-FADE/STICKER REMOVAL TO THE SPINE PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED (FLAP PRICE IS $4.50). A EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, FRESH COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. AND QUITE A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS SCIENCE FICTION HIGHSPOT. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. Putnam's Sons,, New York, 1961.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing published 1961 with NO indication of later printings on the copyright page. A fabulous copy. This spectacular dustjacket is vibrant in color with a hint of wear to the edges. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with C22 code on page 408 and SIGNED by the author on a laid in cut page. Includes a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Robert Heinlein. Stranger in a strange land. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons,, 1961.
Price: US$8000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Stranger in a strange land" by Robert Heinlein. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1961 first American edition first printing (with top edge stained green and C22 code at foot of p. 408. In the First Issue dust jacket priced $4.50 and with blurbs for Starship Troopers on rear panel).Book and first issue dust jacket in near fine condition. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (touch of wear to extremities, slight rubbing or toning to folds, some minor fading, rear panel with slight soiling); quarter morocco folding case. The 1962 Hugo Award winner, a science fiction novel that became a cultural phenomenon. Currey, 193; Smiley, 36. One of the best copies of this landmark science fiction novels that we have encountered. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons,
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger In A Strange Land.. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue with code C22 in the gutter of page 408 (Currey, 193) of Heinlein's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Forrest K. Dart- All good wishes! Bob Heinlein." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A sharp example, rare and desirable signed and inscribed. "An amazing, iconoclastic and complex satire of hypocrisy in sex and religion A radical departure from conventional science fiction" (Patterson, 29, 48). "It reached large audiences farther away from his science fiction roots than anything else [Heinlein] wrote, and inspired insurgencies both right and left" (Anatomy of Wonder II-518). It went on to win Heinlein's third Hugo Award. In 2012, the US Library of Congress named it one of 88 "Books that Shaped America".
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Stranger in a Strange Land. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961.
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. (First printing with publisher's code of C22 at gutter of pp. 408, and green topstain.) Signed by Robert Heinlein on title page in black ink. 408 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Fine with trivial shelf wear in a Very Good+ dust jacket (correct with code "0761" to front flap), spine sunned, rubbing and light wear, printer's ink bleed-through to verso of front and spine panels, unclipped ($4.50). Quite uncommon signed. A signed first of the author's masterpiece, which began as a cult favorite, grew to a bestseller and now is considered a major work of 20th century literature. Winner of the 1962 Hugo Award.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.