CLOUDS, RINGS AND CROCODILES: BY SPACESHIP ROUND THE PLANETS. Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, [1956]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-2] 3-148 [149-150: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], 16 illustrations, most full or double page, by Anne Marie Jauss, original decorated orange cloth stamped in black. First U.S. edition. A blending of speculation and fact to show the young reader the fascination of space travel, by a leading authority on the Moon, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society who was, at the time of publication, the director of the Lunar section of the British Astronomical Association. The interior art and jacket art differ from that of the British Harrap edition. Ciancone 233. Small label affixed to front free endpaper, a very good copy in fair pictorial dust jacket with wear and tear and internal tape mends. (#135270).
Price: $25.00
"FIRST AMERICAN EDITION" on copyright page.