The Star Beast

Overview:

  • Title: The Star Beast
  • Author: Robert A. Heinlein
  • Year: 1964
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Pages: 282
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Star Beast
  • Notes:
    • "D-10.64[V]"
      • 4th Printing
      • October 1964
    • "Jacket, title page, and endpapers by Clifford Geary"
    • Matching dust jacket and printed boards. (Library Edition)
      • Foil sticker on dust jacket (Spine stretching to front): "Scribners Library Binding"
      • Library binding imprint on back board cover "Scribners Library Binding"
      • Library binding imprint "Scribners Library Binding" on front flap surrounded by "This book meets textbook specifications. It is Smyth sewn with concealed muslin reinforcement. The sturdy pyroxylin-impregnated cloth over hard-rolled binders board is washable, damp proof, and soil resistant."
      • The Scribners Library binding statement, and symbol appears only on the library binding boards, dust jacket, and foil sticker. It does not appear in the printed book. Likely this printing was bound in both states. If your copy in hand does not have the library binding, but does have "D-10.64" as the printing, please create a new publication record to document the multiple states.
    • Primary Verification (#1) was based on a price clipped copy in hand. Evidence suggests the net price was $3.31 for this Library binding, but this is unconfirmed at this time.