Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics

Clarke, Arthur C.

Published by L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1951

About this Item

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. Clarke's first published book while Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. Book with faint toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a bit of tanning to spine and folds and light edge wear, else fine.

Seller Inventory # 005002

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics
• Publisher: L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley, et al.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science
  • Author's First Book
  • Modern First Editions