Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Heinlein, Robert A. The menace from earth. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: some wear. Ex-library copy: stickers, stamps. jacket in a glassine protector. Broken binding. discoloration from age. Ugly, but readable copy.
Seller: Blindpig Books, salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Scarce. Very slight signs of rubbing to black cloth binding; top edge of boards very lightly bumped; page edges show normal yellowing. Otherwise, overall, in good+ condition.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. THE MENACE FROM EARTH.. Hicksville, NY: The Gnome Press, (1959), 1959.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. Collects eight short pieces by Heinlein, including the title story, "Columbus Was a Dope", "Water is for Washing" and others. Bound in black cloth with yellow and silver lettering, yellow endpapers. 255 pp. Very good in a fine facsimile dust jacket (a tight, straight copy, but with noticeable toning to the pages - would be just about fine if not for this)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Menace from Earth. The Gnome Press, Inc., Hicksville NY, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: dust jacket has heavy wear, soil, small water stain, tape repairs and short edge tears and small pieces missing, book has minor wear, binding tight, pages yellowing but not brittle, 255 pages, story of life on the moon and a 15 year old girl who is helping design the first interstellar space ship Size: 5.75 x 8.5
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Menace from Earth. The Gnome Press, Hicksville, 1959.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition stated, NAP. SIGNED by Heinlein on title page. Lacking dj. 8vo., original black cloth over boards with yellow and silver stamped title. Good+ (cocked; boards somewhat marked and stained; toned and lightly dustsoiled; previous owner's blindstamp on half-title; binding slightly cracked pp.98-99. All pages clean aside from tiny marks on rear pastedown. 255pp.
Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. THE MENACE FROM EARTH. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$627.74 + shipping
Description: THE MENACE FROM EARTH, Gnome Press, 1959, first edition, apparently a faint and sometimes not that faint moisture stain to the lower margins of the pages near the gutter areas, some tanning to the text margins, else near fine in vg+ color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. THE MENACE FROM EARTH. The Gnome Press, Inc. [1959], Hicksville, 1959.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collection of eight stories. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-87. Age darkening cheap text paper, soiling and darkening to end papers, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to head of spine an upper front corner tip (28018)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. THE MENACE FROM EARTH. The Gnome Press, Hicksville, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eight stories including "By His Bootstraps" and "The Year of the Jackpot." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-511. Mild tanning to text paper (much less than usually found), a fine copy in fine dust jacket with 15 mm v-tear in front panel near spine fold. A lovely copy. (#172786)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. THE MENACE FROM EARTH. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$1099.00 + shipping
Description: THE MENACE FROM EARTH, Gnome Press, 1959, first edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. Review copy with accompanying review slip laid in. Very scarce thus.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Menace from Earth. The Gnome Press, Inc., New York, 1959.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL black cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Menace from Earth. The Gnome Press, Inc. New York, 1959.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Robert A. Heinlein on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket that is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL black cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean, with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Menace from Earth. The Gnome Press, Inc, Hicksville, NY, 1959.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by Robert Heinlein on the front free endpaper. 255 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with yellow and silver stamping. Very Good with two bumps to top edge of front board, pages toned with age, in Very Good dust jacket with interior chip in spine panel, small scratch in front panel, rubbing, a little sunning to red in spine panel. A collection of sci-fi stories spanning from 1941 to 1957; the titular story set on the Moon and told from a female perspective.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.