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Publication: The Red Journey Back: A First-Hand Account of the Second and Third Martian Expeditions by the Spaceships "Albatross" and "Comet"

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  • Publication: The Red Journey Back: A First-Hand Account of the Second and Third Martian Expeditions by the Spaceships "Albatross" and "Comet"Publication Record # 242433
  • Author: John Keir Cross
  • Date: 1954-03-15
  • Publisher: Coward-McCann
  • Price:
    $2.75?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 252
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Red Journey Back: A First-Hand Account of the Second and Third Martian Expeditions by the Spaceships "Albatross" and "Comet" by Robin Jacques
  • Notes:
      1st US ed., 1st ed. this title
    • On copyright page: "Copyright, 1954" and LCCN 54-6320.
    • Price from Tuck (and contemporary newspapers)
    • Below the title on its title page is, "A first-hand account of the second and third Martian expeditions, by the space-ships Albatross and Comet; compiled from notes and records by various members of the exploring parties, the whole revised by Stephen MacFarlane, and now fully assembled and edited by John Keir Cross"/"The illustrations are by Robin Jacques". The Encyclopedia of SF interprets the full title of the work to end at that semicolon.
    • Publication date from starred review by Kirkus (see the parent novel record). The earliest notice found 2018-08-04 in automated search of newspapers is a report of new teenage literature on the shelves of the public library, Hartford Courant 1954-04-09 pB16.
    • Cover artist is Jacques, clearly from comparison with interior illustrations.
    • Reviewed by C.P. NY Times 1954-08-08 pBR16 "Space Fact and Fiction for Youngsters".
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