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Prelude to Space

by Arthur C. Clarke

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., 1954. 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8"; First American edition, first printing; Illustrated dust jacket by EMSH with some slight rubbing, original price of $2.50 intact, in very good condition; Blue boards with red lettering on spine, some foxing to page edges, age toning of paper throughout, some stains to front cover, a lovely copy in very good condition. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008) was a British science fiction writer, among other things . Best known for his screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey, he was a lifelong advocate of space travel

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Bookseller
The Book Lair, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
BL-002001
Title
Prelude to Space
Author
Arthur C. Clarke
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Jacket Condition
very good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Gnome Press, Inc.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1954

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Pleasanton, California

About The Book Lair, ABAA

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