Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics
by Clarke, Arthur C
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1951 First printing of the first American edition, with an "A" on the title and half-title page, light blue cloth boards with blue-lettered spine, illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front flap, sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text, 164pp., with index. Clarke's first published book while Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. Book with faint toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a bit of tanning to spine and folds and light edge wear, else fine.
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- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005002
- Title
- Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Illustrator
- Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley, et al.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Science, Astronautics, Author's First Book, Science Fiction.
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