Gnome Press, Inc.
Prelude to Space
[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., 1954. 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8"; First American edition, first printing; Illustrated dust jacket by EMSH with some slight rubbing, original price of $2.50 intact, in very good condition; Blue boards with red lettering on spine, some foxing to page edges, age toning of paper throughout, some stains to front cover, a lovely copy in very good condition.
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008) was a British science fiction writer, among other things . Best known for his screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey, he was a lifelong advocate of space travel.
Shambleau and Others
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., 1953. 224 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4"; First Edition. Pictorial dust jacket with some minor creases and rubbing, original price of $3.00 intact, cover art by Ric Binkley, some tanning on inside flaps, in near fine condition; Turquoise cloth over boards with crisp maroon lettering on spine, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper of William Robards Wetmore, some ink lettering on copyright page, some spotting to top page edges, otherwise in very good + condition.
Catherine Lucille Moore (1911 - 1987), was an American science fiction and fantasy writer at a time when women were first starting to write in this field. Most of her work during the years of 1940 - 1958 was done in collaboration with her husband, Henry Kuttner. Moore was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1998.