ROBERT A. HEINLEIN RED PLANET A COLONIAL BOY ON MARS ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFFORD GEARY, NEW YORK, CHARLES SCRIBNER, SONS, JUNE, 1959, LATER PRINTING. BLACK CLOTH, TITLE IN RED TO SPINE, OCTAVO, 211 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED WITH DOUBLE-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLIFFORD GEARY.

BOOK IS IN VERY FINE, CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT CONDITION, EXCEPT FOR TWO PIN HOLES TO FRONT COVER - ONE TO THE TOP LEFT OF THE SQUARES AND THE OTHER TO THE MIDDLE RIGHT EDGE. CLIFFORD GEARY DUST JACKET IS IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD, CLEAN CONDITION, EXCEPT FOR A SMALL TEAR AT BOTTOM SPINE, LIGHT WEAR TO SOME EDGES, AND FADING TO SPINE.

“MARKING THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE MARTIAN ELDER RACE THAT PLAYED SUCH A PROMINENT ROLE IN STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND ROBERT, A HIGHLANDS, ICONIC RED PLANET TELLS THE STORY OF JIM, MARLOW, AND FRANK SUTTON‘S JOURNEY TO THE LOW ACADEMY BOARDING SCHOOL ON MARS AND THE DISCOVERIES THEY MAKE THEIR THAT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF THEIR ENTIRE COLONY.”

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