All overseas buyers need to contact me to check shipping rates prior to ordering as there is currently no Economy Air option for shipping outside Australia. I will only ship this book insured, insurance at my cost. The dustjacket is protected by an archival cover and the book comes with custom clamshell case included. The dustjacket has one small chip at the top of the spine and a small tear at the bottom of the spine it has some creasing and some dark marks on the back cover - please see the pictures for more detail. The pages are heavily foxed on the front page there are both a sticker for a Sydney bookshop and the stamp of a Neville Cohen - the same person to whom the book is inscribed. The book and dustjacket are in Very Good condition. This is the day after Robert attended a meeting of the Futurian Society of Sydney in Oxford Street Darlinghurst. The inscription reads:" To Neville Cohen - Between raindrops, in Sydney, 21 Feb 54 All good wishes!". Heinlein" above the title on the title page, inscribed on the title page and signed again as "Bob Heinlein" - but then it is also initialed on the dedication page (To Ginny) as "RaH", under a drawing of a female figure labelled as "Ginny" next to a depiction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The UK First edition hardback from 1953, with green boards this is the first volume of the Future History Series and contains a reprint of his first published story "Life-Line" along with five other stories and an introduction by John Campbell.
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