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PRELUDE TO SPACE.

Clarke, Arthur C.

[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1954]. Octavo, original black boards, spine lettered in red. First U.S. hardcover edition. An early binding of black boards lettered in red, with no priority established, this binding seems less common. Clarke's first SF book. Text differs from those printed in the earlier World (1951) and Sidgwick and Jackson (1953) editions. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-103]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the spine panel. An attractive copy. (28526). Item #28526

Price: $850.00