London, Phoenix House, 1954. Large 8vo. 72 pp.+ plates. Publisher?s pictorial boards with slightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket reproducing the imagery on the boards. Front pastedown with library label and duplicate stamp of Nordiska museet, together with bookplate of [Sven] Thureus. Signature of the latter on title page. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel (1959), p. 496. First edition. An American edition, ?Going into Space?, with some differences in content was published later the same year. A charming example of Clarke?s non-fiction, telling the story of space exploration from ancient to the present times in an easy to understand way, suitable for children.

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Title: The Young Traveller in Space. With 1 Colour Plate and 31 Monochrome Plates and 6 Diagrams.
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback

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Malmer Petersson Rare Books AB
�sterl�nggatan 53, Stockholm, 11131, Sweden

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