The Big Book of Space - Space Ships, Space Station, Rockets, Equipment, Star Maps - Big Treasure Books

Hurst, Earl Oliver / Ley, Willy

Published by World Distributors (Manchester) limited - by arrangement with Grosset & Dunlap, Manchester, 1956

About this Item

1956 1st edition. Fair/None. Hard glazed pictorial boards with some wear/chipping to spine, tape repairs to spine, a little rubbing/bumping/chipping to edges. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling. a little splitting to hinges front and back. Star charts at endpapers front and back. Fantastic colour illustrations throughout, very mid-century. An entertaining book about space age topics during the Space Race of the 1950s/60s. Scientific detail approved by Willy Ley. Very scarce.

Seller Inventory # 008392

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Big Book of Space - Space Ships, Space Station, Rockets, Equipment, Star Maps - Big Treasure Books
• Publisher: World Distributors (Manchester) limited - by arrangement with Grosset & Dunlap, Manchester
• Publication Date: 1956
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Childrens
  • Illustrated
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror