INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT, AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONAUTICS
by Arthur C. Clarke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: L. Harper and Brothers, 1951. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 5 x 8 in. Blue cloth boards with dark blue spine titles. First US edition, 1951, with A on title and half title pgs. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends mildly bumped with minor wear, covers very clean and fresh. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($2.50) very clean, a touch toned, edges worn with some chips to corners and spine ends. Rear is a bit more toned with a couple of tiny stains. In a new Mylar wrapper. SCi-fi/Fiction. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40881
- Title
- INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT, AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONAUTICS
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- L. Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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