Prelude to Space

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Overview:

Title: Prelude to Space
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Year: 1972
Publisher: Lancer Books
Price: $0.95
Pages: 158
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Prelude to Space
Notes:
Fourth Lancer printing (not identified as such). Cover same as the third printing except it's printed silver instead of silver foil. © 1954, 1970 Date taken from William J. Denholm's Lancer Checklist (Megavore #10, 1980).