ISLANDS IN THE SKY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket and endpaper illustrations by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. As his prize for winning a TV quiz show in the second half of the twenty-first century, a young man is given the opportunity to visit an orbiting space station. His adventures there include a runaway rocket ship, the making of a space film, and a confrontation with space pirates. A "plausible and accurate fictional tour of the space stations which are probably in our very near future." - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-251]. A fine copy, some darkening to interior hinges, some light spotting to cut edges in a near fine first printing dust jacket (10 titles listed on the rear panel) with foxing to the rear panel, some mild rubbing. (13481). Item #13481
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