John Wiley & Sons 1984. First edition, quarto, navy blue boards with yellow cloth spine, gilt & silver lettering & blind stamp to front board & silver and brown lettering to spine, illus title page, viii + 226pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards, tape residue to front board)

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Title: Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography
Author: CLARKE, ARTHUR C
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 1984
Keywords: First edition Arthur C Clarke Marconi International Fellowship science satellite communications Intelsat technology mathematics astronautics television rockets warfare astronomy space

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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