The Exploration of the Moon

Overview:

  • Title: The Exploration of the Moon
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Year: 1954
  • Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd
  • Price: 18/-
  • Pages: 112
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: The Exploration of the Moon
  • Notes:
    • First published in Great Britain by Frederick Muller Ltd in 1954. • Includes 45 plates, 8 colour, by R. A. Smith. List of plates included. • Introduction [pp. 7-11] and Epilogue [p. 112] by Arthur Clarke. • Short "Acknowledgements" section, apparently by R. A. Smith, expressing his indebtedness to H. E. Ross. • Separated into four parts: I. On the Frontiers of Space; II. To the Moon; III. The Pioneers; IV. The Colonists. Each has a short introduction. • The rest of the book consists of two-page units: plate by Smith on the right, title and text by Clarke on the left.