"SUPERIOR SCIENCE FICTION": FIRST EDITION OF HEINLEIN'S STARMAN JONES
HEINLEIN, Robert A. Starman Jones. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1953). Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Heinlein's critically praised tale of the adventures of young Max Jones, ranked "among the very best juvenile sf ever written," with six full- and double-page illustrations by Clifford Geary, in original dust jacket.
In Starman Jones Heinlein tells the saga of Max Jones, a poor farm boy within an eidetic memory whose friends, including a spider puppy named Mr. Chips, join him on his interplanetary adventures aboard the Asgard. The New York Times praised Starman Jones as "beautifully written, here is superior science fiction," and it is ranked "among the very best juvenile sf ever written" (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Critics have especially highlighted the novel's suspenseful plotting and its "striking… detailed convincing pictures of spaceship operational procedures" (Anatomy of Wonder II-516). First edition, first printing with "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page. First printing dust jacket with $2.50 price on front flap. Currey, 193. Tiny notation to dust jacket rear panel.
Book fine; very lightest edge-wear to colorful about-fine dust jacket.