Space Platform
To the Stars Book One

by Murray Leinster (signed)
pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins (signed)
Cover by I. Heilbron

Shasta First Edition

Description: Hardback book published by Shasta Publishers in 1953. The copyright page of this book states 'First Edition'. The copyright page of the Avon paperback tells us 'Shasta edition published February, 1953', the paperback came out the next month. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with both his real name and his pseudonym (see picture) without inscription or personalization.

From the front flap: A dock in the heavens... the stepping stone to space flight and travel!

SPACE PLATFORM tells the story of Joe Kenmore, who dreamed of Man's conquest of space and played a small but essential role in making this dream a reality. Joe helped make the gyros in his father's factory for the Space Platform that was to orbit around the Earth. He soon found that make the gyros wasn't enough - they had to be installed and protected from spies and saboteurs who would stop at nothing.

Joe's story, convincingly told, is more than a thrilling adventure; it is an account of one way Man's first venture into space could be accomplished, according to the experts who have done the figuring and have the facts. Courage, watchfulness and inventiveness get the Platform into the sky and Joe helps. The Moon's ahead!

Condition: Binding - good, minor spine lean, there are four small holes worn through the upper spine cloth around the 'S' in Space of the title, upper front corner very slightly bumped, upper rear corner bumped, minor edgewear, page edges a little age darkened and soiled. Dust jacket - acceptable, quite a bit of edgewear with chips missing at top of spine including part of the title, a little damaged at top and bottom of the flap folds, a bit soiled and rubbed, front flap is price clipped, in dust jacket protector.

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