SPACE CADET. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. A "careful account of the the training procedure for a raw recruit to the Interplanetary Patrol, culminating in some adventures on the planet Venus. Clearly a fictionalization of the author's own experience as an Annapolis naval cadet in the 1920s." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 336. Small private owner's bookplate and rubber-stamped name on front free endpaper. Several mild scratches to rear cover, a fine copy in fine first printing dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with small (7 mm) closed tear at upper edge of front panel near spine fold, a touch of rubbing to spine ends, and a bit of tanning to title lettering on spine panel. A beautiful copy. Quite scarce in this condition. (#127408).
Price: $3,000.00
First printing has "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page.