The Making of a Moon: The Story of the Earth Satellite Program (Signed) by Clarke, Arthur C - 1957

Harper. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Dampstained. (Satellites, Space, Juvenile Literature)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. [1958]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue cloth over boards with a black cloth backstrip. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in silver. Octavo. 205pps., with a number of plates and diagrams. There is mild bumping to the upper tips, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a 1/2" closed tear at the top of the front panel and modest rubbing wear at the extremities; the original price (3.50) is intact.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-C.. Cloth.

UK: Muller. Good. Hardcover. 1957. pp 182 illus d/j some slight creasing and edge wear .

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1957. Cover: White staining to head top third of spine and along head boards top third. Once red head edge now lighty faded to pink. Faint & few only foxing to fore & bottom edge. Small bumping to bottom front corner. Quite clean content, b/w illustrations, binding tight. 182p Dj: browning to spine. Light rubbing and dusting of soiling. Head edge with several small tears and chips. Foot of spine with couple of chips. Foot of front & rear flap spine with small open wear and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Spine ends and corners bumped, else very good in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with extremities worn and torn.

Harper & Brothers, revised edition, 1958. Hbk 205pp, illustr b+w photos, charts, graphs, diagrams, dj slightly roughened top and tail of spine but not price-clipped ($3.50) and otherwise fine and now in protective sleeve, internally appears unused copy, excellent clean tight unmarked as new, becoming hard to find

Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 182pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. A hint of marking to the boards, and the binding just a fraction sprung. A nice bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little nicked and chafed at several extremities and with an inch of loss to the base of the rear panel. Contemporary former owner gift inscription inked to the front free endpaper and a tiny miscellaneous inkstamp to the rear endpaper. An informed account of the design and launch of the first artificial satellites..

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958. Revised edition. 205 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's name on ffep. Quarter black cloth with silver titles. Corners lightly bumped. Blue and black illustrated DJ, not price-clipped. Small chips, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG-.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1958]. Revised edition. Some tanning to end papers, mild wear to corner tips, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with inked name to lower front flap, light rubbing and wear to corner tips and spine ends, small chip to upper front panel with crease, split and small chip at upper rear flap fold. (28622). 24 plates, 24 figures in the text, original blue boards with black cloth shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in silver, fore-edge untrimmed. Ciancone 50.

London : F. Muller, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 182p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Artificial satellites. International Geophysical Year, (1957-1958).