The Angry Planet by Cross, John Keir - 1946

Coward - Mccann, Inc.. Good. 1946. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Library buckram binding with illustrated front, no jacket as issued. Very good cover with good minus interior. Cover has light soiling, few light ink markings, a little rubbing to title area. Pages have a rew earmarks and quite a few soiled pages, especially in first half of book. One page has a long taped tear and a bit of text is missing from the middle. Pages are otherwise intact. B/w illustrations. An authentic first-hand account of a journey to Mars in the space-ship Albatross, compiled from notes and records by various members of the expedition, and now assembled and edited for publication. From manuscripts made available by Stephen MacFarlane. (415noto) ; 8vo .

Junior Literary Guild, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with silver lettering. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some subtle looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: Coward-McCann Inc, 1946. Fine in very good jacket.. First US edition of this young adult Mars expeditionary adventure by Cross, an influential author, editor, and producer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels, radio plays, and television adaptations. 8'' x 5.25''. Original silver-lettered red and black cloth. In original unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by Robin Jacques. 239, [1] pages. Some wear and chipping to jacket, with light soil and foxing to edges. Spine sunned, with spot of discoloration.

London: Peter Lunn, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. very goodgood. 12mo. 7 1/2" x 5. 200pp. Black and white illustrations by Robin Jacques. Orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's name stamped on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has a one inch chip at head of spine Two closed tears at dust jacket spine. Light soiling to jacket.. Scarce. This is the true first edition which preceded the American edition by one year. A British book influenced by Wells and one of the very first science fiction mainstream novels, it precedes even Rocket Ship Galileo. Barron. Anatomy of Wonder 4-42.

London: Peter Lunn, 1945. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Robin Jacques. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel, following an expedition to Mars. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Angry Planet' is a young adult fantasy book, following an expedition to Mars, in which those involve discover that the vegetable life of the planet has suffered a Manichaean Evolution into alternative races.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and illustrations throughout, by Robin Jacques.By John Keir Cross. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of small marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is age-toned with some light handling marks, and minor edge wear, including a small closed tear to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed