Matthew Looney’s Voyage to the Earth: A Space Story.

Katona, NY Young Readers Press, 1966. Paperback First Edition Thus (1966) so stated. First published in hardcover in 1961 by William R. Scott. First Edition Thus (1966) so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the self-wrapper covers; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; a faint dampstain at the top edge of the text block and penetrating about an inch-and-a-half into the text pages for about the last quarter of the book; a tiny dot at the bottom edge of the text block (this is not a remainder mark, but was used by a local bookseller to distinquish "used" for "new" books, but it might as well be considered a remainder for collector's purposes); a price has been neatly blocked out at the bottom corner of the front panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and several minor, unobtrusive imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.85 x 5.35 x 0.5 inches). 132 pages. Profusely illustrated with line drawings by Gahan Wilson. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces. First published in hardcover in 1961 by William R. Scott. Trade Paperback. A classic written by the well known children's science fiction writer, Jerome Beatty Jr. and illustrated the yet to be discovered -- and of course now famous -- cartoonist Gahan Wilson. This book - and others in the series -- is about a family of friendly, native moon dwellers - remember we had not yet landed on the moon when this book was written! This book is funny, creative, more or less science based, and a bit irreverent. And Wilson's art work complements Beatty's witty text exquisitely