Space Stations

Overview:

  • Title: Space Stations
  • Author: Willy Ley
  • Year: 1958
  • Publisher: Guild Press (New York)
  • Price: $1.00
  • Pages: 45
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Space Stations
  • Notes:
    - Ley's foreword notes, "SPACE STATIONS is the third in a series on Adventure in Space." Cover of this book includes "adventure in space". Ley's afterword mentions "... the first two books of this series, MAN-MADE SATELLITES and SPACE PILOTS."
    - At bottom of title page is, "Guild Press, Inc. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Distributed by Simon and Schuster. Copyright 1958 General Mills, Inc." The General Mills copyright might indicate this series was a promotion for a General Mills product, such as a children's cereal. There is also an apparent price on the front cover: "GP3: 100" with "100" underlined.
    - "Illustrations by John Polgreen" on title page.
    - "A100100" on bottom corner of front pastedown.
    - Pictureboard cover with wraparound art by Polgreen.