Moore, Patrick ~ Wanderer in Space

First UK Printing : Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., London: 1961

8vo., burgundy boards lettered in yellow to backstrip; complete in the vibrant illustrative dust wrapper by ‘Hardy’ (8s 6d net), featuring two astronomers in front of a strange red asteroid; THE BOOK a fresh, bright copy, lightly spotted to the fore-edge; in the near-fine DUST WRAPPER which is lightly and evenly toned to lower panel and flaps; some minor rubbing to spine ends, light vertical creasing; a lovely example. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition. Patrick Moore presented the BBC television series The Sky at Night from its initiation in April 1957 until his death in 2012, missing just one episode during that time due to illness. He therefore became a household name in the field of popular astronomy, but was also responsible for over 100 children’s science fiction novels, mostly written at the beginning of his career, and starting with the short Grenfell and Wright series, which began in 1952. Wanderer in Space was written almost ten years later, when Moore was somewhat of a seasoned writer within the genre. In this example, the protagonists Rex Redmayne and Robin North set off to photograph ‘Percy’ - a mysterious object approaching from outer space.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: Near Fine