Description
First American edition of Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke.
Small octavo, 191pp. Blue marbled hardcover, title in yellow on spine, binding state A. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, lightly bumped corners and edges, a near fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, faint wear to corners, light shelf wear, a near fine example. (Currey, page 115 A)
Before writing 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke published dozens of science fiction works. Prelude to Space was the first full-length novel written by Clarke, with many other popular novellas and short stories preceding it, including “Against the Fall of Night,” “How We Went to Mars,” and “The Awakening.”
