The Challenge of the Spaceship

Overview:

  • Title: The Challenge of the Spaceship
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1961
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price: $0.35
  • Pages: 189
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Report on Planet Three
  • Notes:
    • "Copyright © 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 by Arthur C. Clarke" • "Copyright © 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 by The Curtis Publishing Company" • "Copyright © 1958 by The New York Times Company" • "First Ballantine Books edition, 1961" • "Published in co-operation with Harper and Brothers" • Printing not stated; no number line • The revised preface has a date of May, so published after that • The title word "Spaceship" appears as one word on the cover, spine and title page. • The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the artwork • Cover credit from the book THE ART OF RICHARD POWERS by Jane Frank. * The art for this cover is taken from the back cover of the 1954 pb edition of "Dark Dominion" by David Duncan. • "Library of Congress catalog card number: 59-8248" on copyright page. This refers to the Harper & Brothers 1959 hardcover edition • Printed in the US