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Arthur C. Clarke. Three Novels, including:... (Total: 3 Items)
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Arthur C. Clarke. Three Novels, including: Rendezvous with Rama. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1973]. First edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Publisher's black boards. Illustrated dust jacket in Brodart. Yellow coated endpapers. The Brodart is taped to the covers, some wrinkling to the jacket, some staining from the tape on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke won the Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula awards for this hard science fiction work about an alien starship which enters the Earth's solar system in the 22nd century. [and:] The Exploration of Space. London: Temple Press Ltd., [1951]. Octavo. xiii, 198 pages. Fifteen illustrated plates, four of which are in color. Index. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Black dust jacket with an illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and discoloration to the spine, some rubbing to the jacket, a few tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, a small tear to the head of the jacket, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. Clarke clearly answers various questions on the subject of astronautics in terms which non-specialists can comprehend and utilize. Some chapter headings give a glimpse at the contents: The Earth and its Neighbours, The Rocket, The Spaceship, Navigation ad Communication in Space, Stations in Space, and Other Suns than Ours. [and:] Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 250 pages. Publisher's black cloth shelf-back over orange boards with the publisher's mark in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver and gilt. White dust jacket with an illustration. Orange coated endpapers. Newspaper clipping inserted at the rear of the book. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Clarke divided this work into five sections: Talking of Space, Outward from Earth, The Technological Future, Frontiers of Science, and Son of Dr. Strangelove. Some of the works included in this compilation are: The Men on the Moon, The Star of the Magi, So You're Going to Mar?, God and Einstein, Across the Sea of Stars, More than Five Senses, Which Way is Up?, and They Myth of 2001.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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