THE STAR BEAST
$1,000 · Offered by L. W. Currey
First edition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954 . Octavo, cloth. First edition. The youthful hero has an alien 'pet' called Lummox, and this creature turns out to be a great deal more important than anyone suspects. It becomes the cause of a diplomatic incident when a spacecraft arrives to reclaim its own. A wholly delightful novel for teenagers ... Funny and inventive: one of Heinlein's best books from his best period. -
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