Interplanetary Flight

London, United Kingdom: Temple Press, 1951. Clarke's first non-fiction book written when he was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. With corrections to velocity calculations from 1st imp. CONDITION Blue cloth is unworn with sharp cnrs, very slight wear to spine head rear, pp viii 164 with 16 illus plates and 15 figural illus through text. A nice crisp… Saber más sobre este artículo

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. … Saber más sobre este artículo

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT, Temple Press, 1950, first edition, shallow areas of the spine extremities faded, some light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else a tight vg copy in just about vg first issue dust-wrapper (listing only 4 titles on the rear dust-wrapper panel) with some slight wear and tear and chipping. Profusely illustrated with drawings, photos, graphs and charts. A… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jackcet. 19 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. viii164pp. Bibliography and index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated with 16 pages of phootgraphs and 14 diagrammatic line drawings. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. No edition stated but has "note to the third… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, n.d., [1950]. First edition, U. S. issue (UK sheets). Bookplate of collector Robert Briney affixed to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear to corners and spine ends. (19697). Octavo, cloth. Title page is a cancel. Clarke's first book. "The best… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1950]. First edition, U.S. issue (UK sheets). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, a sharp copy. (28535). Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries). Ciancone 45. Humphries, Rockets and Guided Missiles 21. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 490. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Temple Press Limited, [1950]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a darkened spine panel and moderate dust soiling. (28534). Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries). Ciancone 45. Humphries, Rockets and Guided Missiles 21. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 490.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper and Brothers, c.1951. First Edition. Second Impression. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (19cm.); blue boards stamped in blue on spine; dustjacket; illustrated with 15 plates; 164pp.; slight lean with light rubbing to board edges; Very Good + or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50); chipping to front panel and extremities; some toning to rear panel; Very Good +.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: L. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. First American Edition, circa 1951, printed in Great Britain. 164 pages, illus. w/ photo frontis, b/w photos, diagrams. First Printing: no note of subsequent printings or added notes to preface, ""A"" printed below publisher's name on title page, ""A*"" printed on half title page, $2.50 price… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Temple Press Limited, 1950. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in blue on the spine; 164pp.; illustrated with 16 black & white plates. Spine is toned; minor bumps and rubbing to the extremities; minor soil to upper textblock and boards; internally clean/tight copy; Very Good or better, lacking the dustjacket. "This… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: TEMPLE PRESS LIMITED. FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1950. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN APREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER UNDER THE D.J.FLAP. D.J. HAS SOME MODEST FADING TO THE SPINE PANEL, A BIT OF CORNERMODEST CORNER… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 164 pages; 1951 Harper & Brothers. HC/DJ. Presumably the 2nd printing of the American edition, still using sheets printed in Great Britain, with no sytatement of printing but lacking any letter on the copyright or title pages. Soundly bound and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkley, 1985-02-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. New York, 1985; illustrated black paper covers; bottom corner of front cover creased; 2 inch by 1/2 inch chunk missing from top edge of front cover; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 164 pages.

NEW YORK NY: L. HARPER & BROTHERS. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB ND (1951). FIRST EDITION. ISBN: AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK WITH PUBLISHER NAME "L. HARPER & BROTHERS" AND AN"A" BENEATH PUBLISHER'S NAME ON THE TITLE PAGE WHICH IS NOT A CANCEL,AND AN "A" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HALF TITLE WITH FRONTISPIECE ON VERSO.BOOK IS… Saber más sobre este artículo

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT, Temple Press, 1951, first edition., (2nd printing), fine in like dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author with first fandom and Advent Publishing founder Earl Kemp's book- plate on the f.e.p. Profusely illustrated with drawings, photos, graphs and charts. An obviously desirable copy of the authors first book!

London: Temple Press, 1950. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD+/JACKET VERY GOOD+. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Clarke's acclaimed first book.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: L. Harper and Brothers, [1951]. [Space Exploration] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION USING BRITISH SHEETS. 'A' on title below imprint, 'A*' to half-title. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 164; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in blue to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of $2.50 to front flap. Sixteen photographic pages, fourteen diagrammatic illustrations. White speckling to cloth, jacket… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Temple Press, 1960. 2nd edition. Nice Copy. small octavo. dust jacket viii + 144pp., frontis., b/w plates, appends., bibliog., index, Early volume by the then Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. Second edition of ClarkeÕs first book, with corrections of errors and more rigourous treatment of transit velocities. Neat ownership signature o/w very nice copy in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Temple Press 1950. FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 164pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

Temple Press Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to… Saber más sobre este artículo