Reach for Tomorrow

Overview:

  • Title: Reach for Tomorrow
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1956
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price: $2.00
  • Pages: [6]+166
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Reach for Tomorrow
  • Notes:
    First hardcover printing of this 1956 edition. Title page:
    • "Reach [over] for [over] Tomorrow [over] by [over] Arthur C. Clarke"
    • "Ballantine Books • New York"
    Copyright page:
    • Statement of all story copyrights.
    • "© 1956 by Arthur C. Clarke"
    • "Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 56-8164"
    • "Printed in the United States of America"
    • "Ballantine Books, Inc."
    • "404 Fifth Avenue • New York 18, N. Y."
    Front and back dustjacket flaps:
    • "H-135 $2.00"
    Back cover:
    • No data. Praise for Arthur C. Clarke for: Childhood's End, Expedition to Earth, Prelude to Space, Earthlight.
    Month of publication from copyright page of third printing. The artist is not credited, Powers is on the artwork at bottom left but is not visible here as the artwork folds round with the flap (unlike the pb edition). The artwork is also credited by Jane Frank in "The Art of Richard Powers," 2001, ISBN 1-85585-890-8. On unnumbered page [2]: "This is an original collection—not a reprint—published [over] by Ballantine Books, Inc.". Preface starts on unnumbered page [5] and is signed "Arthur C. Clarke" on unnumbered page [6]. Preface is listed as page v in ToC. ToC on unnumbered page [7]. The last story finishes on the last numbered page, 166. Size: 11.5 x 19 cm (w x h). Green cloth boards, gloss finish dustjacket.