ISLANDS IN THE SKY ...
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket and endpaper illustrations by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. Signed by Clarke on title page. 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. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-251. Inked gift inscription to verso of front free end paper, corners and spine ends rubbed, a very good copy in a good first printing dust jacket (lists 10 titles on rear panel) with wear along upper edge; creases, closed tears, chip at upper right corner and spine ends/corners, mild color fade to spine panel, rubs to front flap fold and along lower edges, shallow loss at base of spine panel. This book is rarely found signed by Clarke. (28530). Item #28530
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