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. A fine copy in fine first printing dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with mild rubbing to upper spine end. A sharp. lovely copy. Quite scarce in this condition. (#129692).
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First printing has "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page.
First printing has "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page.