Rocket Jockey

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Overview:

Title: Rocket Jockey
Author: Lester del Rey
Year: 1978
ISBN-10: 034527542X
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
Price: $1.75
Pages: 166
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Rocket Jockey
Notes:
• "First Ballantine Books Edition: August 1978" • "Afterword Copyright © 1978 by Lester del Rey" - But no afterword appears. The novel ends at the bottom of page 166 ".... like a fine idea." followed by 4 pages of ads.