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). Seller Inventory # 127408

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Title: SPACE CADET .

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1948

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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