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Going into Space
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
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 to all corners & spine tips. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.50 price intact) is VG, with modest rubbing & light creasing to extremities & mild spine fading; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021447
- Title
- Going into Space
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- OUTER SPACE TRAVEL MOON PLANETS ROCKETS YA YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ASTRONAUTS NASA SATELLITES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Science Fiction-Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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