FIVE AGAINST VENUS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Virgil Finlay, cloth. Later, fourth printing. A Robinsonade in which an "average American family" on their way to the Moon is stranded on Venus, an unpleasant, unexplored planet with a hostile environment including bat people and flesh eating plants. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 5-54]. Tape stains to free end papers and paste downs, abrasion to front paste down,a very good to nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear and a small closed tear to the lower rear panel. (32502). Item #32502
Price: $35.00