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Title: ISLANDS IN THE SKY

Author: Arthur C.Clarke author of 2001 Space Movie ISLANDS IN THE SKY

Publishing Info: John C.Winston Co.

Edition: First Edition

Publishing Date: 1952

Additional Information: From author of 2001 A Space Odyssey : ISLANDS IN THE SKY by Arthur C.Clarke, Winston Pub, 1952, First Edition stated. Dust Jacket has 10 titles on rear panel. 209pp. color illustrated dust jacket by Alex Schomburg. Edgewear to DJ. Original Publishers price on Inside flap. Book is clean. Early 1st scarce. Islands in the Sky is a 1952 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It is one of his earliest and lesser known works. Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the Twenty-First Century. tall gray BdRm Lowes

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Condition

Blue cloth in VG+ near Fine condition. Pages bright, Hinges strong. Rare Color Illustrated clean ut has old creaslines, small fractional edge chips, Chip with "ISLAND" missing at top of spine. Original Publishers price intact on front inner flap. DJ wrapped in clear protector.