‎ASTRONOMY:‎
‎The Moon or Selenology in its Various Aspects.‎

‎Geneva, Nagel Publishers, 1970. 12 mo, 176 pages, full red percaline, gilt title, orange headband, dust jacket printed in red. ‎

Reference : 21837

‎96 black-and-white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations and 4 folded maps. "Handbooks for more than 40 earthbound locations have so far been published in the popular range ofNAGEL'S ENCYCLOPEDIA-GUIDES. Now we have this illustrated special edition dedicated for the first time to an extra-terrestrial area.After the epoch-making success of space flight and especially following man's first landing on the MOON, people on our planet have become interested in tourist space travel. For a long time they have been talking about plans for hotels on the moon, and Pan American World Airways have a waiting list of about 80,000 who want to fly there.To match the flow of swiftly moving ideas, the thought of a travel guide for the moon does not seem so far fetched. However, the realisation of such an idea might only increase the flood of recent ephemeral publications on man's advance into the universe.Instead we have endeavoured to make this book a more lasting contribution to the illustrated history of lunar science, thus adding a new volume- in this case, of purely encyclopedic character - to the above mentioned range.The task of editing the explanatory text and compiling the illustrations has been entrusted to Dr. Peter Baumgarten. Our special acknowledgement goes to the various learned bodies mentioned in the legends to the illustrations, who have generously made available material from their records." NAGEL PUBLISHERS. ‎