TAKEOFF

by Kornbluth, M.

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, boards. First edition. A badly dated thriller about the building of the first Moon rocket: here, a scientist and a businessman conspire with various juveniles to carry out the mighty project in secrecy. Kornbluth's first solo novel, praised in its day. - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition 1995 , p. 363 . Runner-up for the 1953

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