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  • Publication: First Men to the MoonPublication Record # 250551
  • Author: Wernher von Braun
  • Date: 1960-08-29
  • Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  • Price:
    $3.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 96
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: First Men to the Moon by Fred Freeman
  • Notes:
    • "Designed and Illustrated by Fred Freeman" on title page.
    • On copyright page:
      • "First Edition", "Copyright (c) 1958, 1959, 1960" and LCCN.
      • WvB's acknowledgment of Freeman "who illustrated the book with artistry and scientific exactness, and who conceived and executed the format and design of the whole work."
      • "Portions of this book have appeared in This Week magazine."
      • centered at bottom, "89074-0110" over "Printed in [U.S.A.]"
    • dedication: "To Iris and Margrit who will live in a world in which flights to the moon will be commonplace."
    • Illustrations (more information) include both endpapers, namely 4 pages diagrams with much technical information
    • 15-page Introduction signed (flushright) Wernher von Braun; flushleft "Redstone Arsenal // Huntsville Alabama // January 1960"
    • 4-page Index p93-96
    • listed, "[100] Outstanding Books for Young Readers" NY Times 1960-11-13 pCBS60
    • publ date per contemporary review by Kirkus (undated): "Prefaced by a series of common questions and logical, penetrating answers, this well-written story ... detail that is more truth than science-fiction. Portions of the book attracted wide attention when serialized in This Week ... [Freeman's] diagrams and schematics are clear and exciting."
    • cover artist per SFE3: "von Braun, Wehrner"
  • External IDs:
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Chapbook Title: First Men to the Moon • chapbook by Wernher von Braun

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