INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT: AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONAUTICS .

Clarke, Arthur C.

Verlag: Temple Press Limited [1950], London, 1950

Beschreibung

Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. Great associational copy with signatures of many post war science fiction authors, editors and fans. Signed by Clarke and; Walter Gillings, Ted Carnell, John Beynon Harris, C. S. Youd (John Christopher), Eric Williams, William F. Temple, Fred[erick] C. Brown, M. E. Allen, John Frederick Burke, J[ohn] Newman, and one unidentified. All were active in British fandom which met at the White Horse pub in London and all the signatories with the exception of one are on a known list of attendees at the 1948 Whitcon, the first post-war British science fiction convention. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries). [Reference: Ciancone 45. Humphries, Rockets and Guided Missiles 21. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 490]. Small bookseller label to lower front paste down, fading to cloth along upper edge and spine panel, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some overall darkening, especially to the spine panel, closed tear to upper left front panel, closed tear and crease to lower right rear panel, and a touch of wear to spine ends. (32919). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 32919

Bibliografische Details

Titel: INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT: AN INTRODUCTION TO ...

Verlag: Temple Press Limited [1950], London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1950

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First edition.