:: Signed by author upon title page. :: Marooned at the deep south pole of the massive planet Mesklin was a specially designed rocket filled with measuring instruments and vital facts about the strangely shaped planet and its fantastic force of gravity- the tiny Mesklinites are Earth's only hope to recover it! :: Bound in publisher's bright yellow paper-covered boards, title, author, and publisher are lettered down spine in blue. Textblock fore-edge deckled. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 216 x145 millimeters). 224 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Minimal shelf-wear, clean, square. Endpapers have small abrasions and shadow-toning. Last blank page has top corner clipped. Dust jacket is worn along edges with small chips and splits. An abrasion to bottom of spine. Age toned.