The Coming of the Space Age

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Overview:

Title: The Coming of the Space Age
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Year: 1970
ISBN-10: 0586029664
Publisher: Panther
Price: £0.45
Pages: 331
Binding: Paperback
Type: Non-fiction
Title Reference: The Space Technology of a Track Meet
Notes: "First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Limited in 1967"
"Panther edition published 1970" Assumed 1st printing
Subtitled "famous accounts of man's probing of the universe". Selected and edited by Arthur C. Clarke.
The book is divided into six sections, each with an introduction by Clarke.
One page Foreword by Clarke signed "A.C.C. / Colombo, Ceylon"
"Cover illustration shows an original engraving from the 1865 French edition of Jules Verne's 'Journey to the Moon' (Mary Evans Picture Library)".
The Acknowledgments section gives the sources from which the pieces were reprinted.
Prices: U.K. 9/- (45p); Australia $1.40; New Zealand $1.25; South Africa R1.10. A Panther edition of this book uploaded to Archive.org in September of 2019 has lower prices and a different cover, so this edition is likely a second or later printing.