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Click to view full description | 1. | Clarke, Arthur C: Songs of Distant Earth.
London Grafton 1986 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Book is pretty much as new; dustwrapper has minimal wear. 240x155mm. 0246126884. 525g.
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| 2. | Clarke, Arthur C: Tales of Ten Worlds
London SFBC 1964 Book Club Edition Cloth Very Good Fair
SFBC#86; dustwrapper is badly edgeworn.
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| 3. | Clarke, Arthur C: The Exploration of Space
London Temple Press 1951 Cloth Very Good Poor 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Black cloth has some light rubbing to edges; internally a clean, tight, bright copy; fragile dustwrapper is badly worn with areas of loss. xiv,198pp, illustrated with b&w photos, diagrams, text figures. 220x145mm. 450g. 'This book has been written; to -L answer all the questions which the intelligent layman asks about the new science of "astronautics"-a subject which is increasingly in the public eye. The treatment, though scientifically accurate, is entirely non-technical and the many remarkable plates-four in full colour-give a vivid impression of the way in which space-travel may be achieved. Among the subjects illustrated are: the refuelling of spaceships in free orbit outside the atmosphere, the construction of a " space-station ", an automatic rocket surveying Mars, the lunar base, and dawn on the planet of a multiple sun. All these illustrations are based on a sound scientific foundation and every effort has been made to be factually accurate and to avoid mere fantasy. None of the difficulties of interplanetary travel has been shirked, and the many engineering, medical and similar problems which must be overcome before space-travel is possible are fully discussed The book also gives a clear and very readable picture of Man's place in the Universe, describing the planets he may explore during the next century, the methods that could be used to colonise them despite their alien conditions, and the ultimate effects which astronautics may have upon humanity. Quite apart from its interplanetary theme, The Exploration Of Space is thus a fascinating introduction to astronomy and combines excitement and instruction in a manner which should appeal to everyone.' Reprint.
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| 4. | Markham, Harold; Dragoumis, Julia D; Prout, Geoffrey; de Foubert, E M; Knight, Arthur Lee; Talbot, Ethel; Surrey, George; Clarke, Linda M; Hedges, Sid G; et al Collins' Cubs' & Brownies' Annual
London Collins First Edition Hard Cover Fair No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Eyles, D C; Anderson, Anne; Morse, C; Buchanan, W G; Day, G R; Lodge, Grace; Bailie, Molly; Robinson, Charles; Taylor, N W; Paul, Phyllis; Hoyle, Joan; Hassall
Illustrated boards (depicting a cub & a brownie with a skipping rope) is grubby with bumped corners, heavily rubbed; cloth illustrated spine is worn. Book is weak in binding, one colour plate missing; name on frontispiece verso, more than one page (which are on very thick paper) has remains & marks of pressed leaf. No date but 1920s? - the girls on the title page appear to have hats which were in use until 1936. A pretty scruffy copy, 132pp, illustrated with colour plates & 'black & tint' illustrations. 255x190mm. 860g.
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