Prelude To Space

NY Gnome Press 1954, 1954. First American Edition . Blue Boards. Fine Book, As New/Fine Dust Jacket, as New. 191 Pp. Blue Boards Lettered In Yellow. First Hard Cover Am. Ed. (With Textual Changes From Earlier Paperback And Uk Hardcover Editions), "First Edition" Stated, First State Binding. As New, Crisp, No Rubbing At All Anywhere, Spine Ends… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Gnome Press, 1954. First edition (stated) / first printing. Book is in fine (very minor signs of age, Currey A binding with blue boards and yellow letters) condition with a near fine (very minor signs of wear) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more… Read more about this item

Galaxy Publishing Corp., 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Bunch. True first edition/printing of this novel (1951 Galaxy Science Fiction No. 3 Digest Size). Very Fine condition. Very sharp collector's copy and uncommon thus!

London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1953. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first British edition of the second novel published by brilliant science-fiction mind, Arthur C. Clarke, complete with a smart, unclipped dust wrapper. First written in 1947, this is the first British edition of this work, which narrates the fictional events which led… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Includes owner's bookplate, signed by Clarke (loose, not tipped on). DJ has light rubbing to the upper corners, spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages .

New York: Gnome Press, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ed Emshwiller. First USA hardback edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards clean, with softened corners and light crease to cloth of upper board. Text block clean, with age toning to edges. The pages… Read more about this item

New York: Gnome Press, Inc. with Ballantine Books, [1954]. First paperback edition. Touch of edge rubs, a fine and unread copy. (30341). Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Ballantine Book 68. Clarke's first SF book. Text differs from those printed in the earlier World (1951) and Sidgwick and Jackson (1953) editions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987)… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. First Hardcover Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine Book/Fair. 176 Pp. Red Cloth With Black Lettering. First Hardcover Edition. Book Is Clean And With Just Traces Of Wear, A Little Dusty Along Top Of Pages. Dust Jacket Is Bright And Clean, A Little Edge Wear, Rubbed For 3 Mm At Top… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. First. paperback. very good /no DJ. One of the world's best science fiction writers makes you an eyewitness to the Age of Space. Very good copy.

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK and first casebound edition of Clarke's first published science fiction novel (originally issued in the US in 1951 as a cheap science fiction paperback by Galaxy Science Fiction, and here quite heavily revised). 8vo. 176pp. Red cloth, lettered in black at the spine. Cloth fractionally rubbed… Read more about this item

New York: The Gnome Press, Inc, 1954. First American hardcover edition. First American hardcover edition. Signed by Arthur C. Clarke on title page, inscribed to former owner. 191 pp. Bound in publisher's patterned boards with yellow spine lettering, Currey's "A" binding. Fine in a bright, attractive pictorial dust jacket, rubbed along edges, else Fine, unclipped ($2.50). A speculative space… Read more about this item

New York, NY, USA: Ballantine Books, 1976 Very Good; clean, tight and square, no spine crease, a few very light creases on the back cover, no tears, corner tips and spine ends are chipped, text is clean and unmarked, page 177's bottom corner is creased, pages and inside cover edges are lightly yellowed

[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., 1954. 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8"; First American edition, first printing; Illustrated dust jacket by EMSH with some slight rubbing, original price of $2.50 intact, in very good condition; Blue boards with red lettering on spine, some foxing to page edges, age toning of paper throughout, some stains to front cover, a lovely copy… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, [1953]. First British (and first hardcover)edition. Corners a bit bruised, spine ends soft, a very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and shelf wear along the upper edge, small square abrasion to the lower spine panel. (28523). Octavo, cover by Ed Emshwiller, cloth. The first printing… Read more about this item

New York: The Gnome Press, Inc, 1954. First US Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 3 and here presented with some minor textual changes. 191pp. Blue boards lettered in yellow on the spine (Currey binding "A"). A bright, fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light wear to spine ends, light soiling to edge of… Read more about this item

U.S.: Galaxy Science Fiction Novel # 3, 1950. Solid with a light crease down the center of the front cover, about a 1/4 inch tear between the top of the front cover and spine, and a small pencil mark on the front cover.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ballantine Books, 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ballantine Books, 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York:: Harcourt Brace & World,, (1970.). Hardcover -. Good in a good dust jacket (slight spine slant, edgewear to ends of dj spine, chip to lower edge of back cover.). Reprint. First thus. Originally published in 1954, The Anatomy of Wonder (4-155) describes this as "One of the earliest scientifically accurate and realistic accounts of… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books [1976]. Very Good. 1976. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 034525113X . Later [2nd] printing thus. "A sweeping novel of the space age". 179 pages. VG+ copy [spine slightly cocked, light cover creasing, cheap paper tanning]. .