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Robert Heinlein. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing of Heinlein's revolutionary classic, a high point of twentieth century science fiction and winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. With a card signed by Heinlein laid in. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in gilt; pp. 383. A very good copy in a good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy with a lean to the spine, minor shelfwear to boards with a small white spot to rear board. Small bookshop sticker to flyleaf, else internally clean. The dust jacket remains vivid, with general shelfwear and chipping to extremities, including along the front flap joint, a couple closed tears and associated creasing to front panel, two tiny tape reinforcements to verso, protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Robert Heinlein on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket that is vibrant in color with light wear to the spine and edges. This ORIGINAL First State dustjacket has the $5.95 printed price present on the front flap. The book 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 superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Heinlein First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed twice by Robert A. Heinlein, once on the title page and again with an inscription on the front free endpaper to polymath, researcher and science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle and his wife Roberta; from Pournelle's personal library. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with lean to spine, oxidation to gilt lettering. In a Very Good unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket with light chipping, several tears at the edges and spine ends, a light diagonal crease to the front panel. A landmark work in science fiction about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth, also noted for its discussion of libertarian ideas. It was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1966 and won the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Signed copies of the first printing are scarce.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.