Description: Science Fiction Robert A Heinlein The Green Hills Of Earth 1954 1st UK VG+ First UK edition, first printing with "First published in this edition 1954" on copyright page. Publisher: London Sidgwick & Jackson, 1954. 5" x 7.5" Octavio [viii] 9-224. Original green cloth with gilt to spine. Pastedowns & endpapers technical papers. Unclipped dust jacket with 9s. 6d. net price. Cover design by George Quinn. The story spawned the Rhysling Award for speculative fiction poetry awarded by the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) is named for the blind poet Rhysling in “The Green Hills of Earth.” Book Condition: Very Good+ Binding is tight. Text is age toned.Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ Covers are lightly browned. It is the story of "Noisy" Rhysling, the blind space-going songwriter whose poetic skills rival Rudyard Kipling's. Heinlein (himself a medically retired U.S. naval officer) spins a yarn about a radiation-blinded, unemployable spaceship engineer crisscrossing the Solar System writing and singing songs. The story takes the form of a nonfiction magazine article.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Arlington, Texas
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Signed: No
Author: Robert A Heinlein
Personalized: No
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
Topic: Science Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1954
