The Red Journey Back: A First-Hand Account of the Second and Third Martian Expeditions by the Spaceships "Albatross" and "Comet"
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Overview:
- Title: The Red Journey Back: A First-Hand Account of the Second and Third Martian Expeditions by the Spaceships "Albatross" and "Comet"
- Author: John Keir Cross
- Year: 1954
- Publisher: Coward-McCann
- Price: $2.75
- Pages: 252
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Red Journey Back
- Notes:
- 1st US ed., 1st ed. this title
- On copyright page: "Copyright, 1954" and LCCN 54-6320.
- Price from Tuck (and contemporary newspapers)
- Below the title on its title page is, "A first-hand account of the second and third Martian expeditions, by the space-ships Albatross and Comet; compiled from notes and records by various members of the exploring parties, the whole revised by Stephen MacFarlane, and now fully assembled and edited by John Keir Cross"/"The illustrations are by Robin Jacques". The Encyclopedia of SF interprets the full title of the work to end at that semicolon.
- Publication date from starred review by Kirkus (see the parent novel record). The earliest notice found 2018-08-04 in automated search of newspapers is a report of new teenage literature on the shelves of the public library, Hartford Courant 1954-04-09 pB16.
- Cover artist is Jacques, clearly from comparison with interior illustrations.
- Reviewed by C.P. NY Times 1954-08-08 pBR16 "Space Fact and Fiction for Youngsters".