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Tom Swift and his rocket ship

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Description: Tom Swift, Jr., and his friend, Bud Barclay, enter an international space race hoping to orbit the earth in two hours.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1954]
Call number: 660735
Creator: Appleton, Victor(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0448091038; 9780448091037
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the Kim Stanley Robinson Library. With inscription on fly-leaf: "Stan Robinson, Christmas 1960" and autograph signature on recto of frontispiece: "Stan Xmas 60".
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Kaye, Graham,; Robinson, Kim Stanley,
Associated organization: Kim Stanley Robinson Library (Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens).
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