THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF novel. A novel about the campaign to secure funding from Congress for the stalled American space program, money to send a manned spacecraft to Jupiter in 2001. "A powerful, poignant plea for spaceflight and a study of a man obsessed by it."- Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-68. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1217-20. Mild foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny 7 mm closed tear to the upper front panel, slight darkening to spine panel and darkening to the white edge background of the rear panel. (27989). Item #27989
Price: $250.00