Search Results: going into space by clarke arthur c

New York: Harper & Row, 1954. Hardcover w/dustjacket. Good/Very Good. 117 pages. Ex-library copy. All pages clean, intact, and tightly bound. Slightly musty. "An introduction to interplanetary travel

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in red-orange pictorial buckram with black & yellow-orange titles & decoration, ix, 117 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, 6 drawings in text. Usual library markings including a bindery stamp on rpd & a "Withdrawn" sticker. A look ahead from 1954 at how space travel might develop, for young readers. Interesting to compare Clarke's predictions to what actually has happened. (Also published in England as The Young Traveller in Space.) Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Probable 1st. Hardbound.

Los Angeles: Trend Publications, 1954. Wraps. Very good. We don't know the priority of whether this came out before or after the Harper hardback edition. 9.5 x 6.75 inches, color wraps, very good, light mustiness, format of a pulp science fiction magazine. 128 pp, illustrated.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 117 pages. Illustrations. Some discoloration inside boards, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing at spine, small rough spot front DJ. Derived from a Kirkus review: A discussion of the outlook, probabilities and possibilities of present and future space travel--by the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. This has the potential to be one of the most authoritative books for the general audience. This surveys the rocket, jet and space travel world from man's earliest thoughts about them. Coming up through history then, Mr. Clarke traces developments down to the German V-2 and the latest modern models. Turning skyward he analyzes the atmosphere, the planets and their positions in the universe, the work now going on for flight to them, and what may happen when man gets to the moon. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008) was a British science writer,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The renowned science fiction writer turned his hand to nonfiction in this book for YA readers about the real possibilities for space travel at a time when the US had yet to seriously enter the space race (pre-Sputnik). His visionary talents are on full display as he describes the science behind building & launching a rocket, the possibilities of traveling to other planets & solar systems, & the likelihood of establishing space stations above the Earth's stratosphere, & more. A FIRST EDITIOn, First Printing, from Aug. 1954, in 117 pages, with a 16-page section of black-and-white photos in center. Hardcover octavo has deep blue cloth-covered boards with stamped lettering & design to front cover & spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning to edges. Very mild bumping… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light rubbing along panel edges. 1/4 inch open tear at spine crown/heel. .