The Exploration of Space
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£12.14£6.07
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers (c. 1951) BOMC Edition. A simple, scientifically accurate treatment of space travel and man's place in the universe. This book has been written by Arthur C. Clarke (scientist, F.R.A.S and Chairman of the British Interplanetary, Society) to answer all the questions which the intelligent layman asks about the new science of "astronautics". The many remarkable plates....four in full color....give a vivid impression in which space travel may be achieved. Preface by the author. Eighteen very interesting chapters are offered. List of plates provided....b/w drawings by R.A. Smith. The full-color plates are from paintings by Leslie Carr based on the drawings of R.A. Smith. Eighteen figures are also present. Blue boards with dark blue spine. Name to ffep. Boards show light age discoloration to extremities. A sound,serviceable copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Seller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- A1925
- Title
- The Exploration of Space
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Space Exploration Interplanetary Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction;
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Gilt Edge Books
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....