Tom Corbett: A Trip to The Moon (1953)

 

So welcome to Dreams of Space's celebration of the anniversary of the first Moon landing! I thought I would start off with a 1953 book about landing on the moon. This book was also published under the title of Tom Corbett's Wonder Book of Space.  Even though I keep the fiction load of this blog down, the painted illustrations in here make it one of the great inspirational books of the early 1950s. I figure the readers of this were about 18 or 19 when we landed on the Moon. Did they have any idea that fiction would become the future so fast?

Martin, Marcia. Illustrated by Frank Vaughn. Tom Corbett's wonder book of space / Tom Corbett: A Trip to the Moon. New York, Wonder Books. 18 p. 21 cm.

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS ILLUSTRATION ABOVE TO ENJOY IT ON YOUR SCREEN

It has one of my favorite quotes: Then let's go back. The Earth is much prettier than the Moon."

See you next week with more moon landing stuff

Igorek Controls the Lunokhod (1973)

 

This may be the second edition of a story book I blogged about on July 29, 2016 "Igorek on the Moon" (1962) 

https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2016/07/igorek-on-moon-1962.html

They both are arranged in verse about helping a child dream of exploring the Moon. They seem very similar even with the different title both in style and because they are by the same author (as best as I can figure out). The style of art is very interesting so I hope you enjoy this.

Boris Mirotvortsev. Art by A. Semenov. Igorek controls the Lunokhod. Soviet Russia : Moscow. 12 p. 1973.

Tararam (Poetry) (1963)

 

One of those Russian books that put a rocket on the cover even though there is not much space content in this children's poetry book. I do like the illustrations so wanted to share this with you.

Leonard Kondrashenko. Illustrated by Yu. Belkovitch. Tararam. Krymizdat : Simferopol. 12 p. 1963.

Space Satellites: Space Travel : The Moon (1959)

 

A short and different piece of ephemera today. This is a collection of three space articles from Collier's Encyclopedia. They would distribute or sell these as a pamphlet to classrooms and prospective encyclopedia customers. There were lots of these around and I picked this up mostly for the illustrations. So enjoy some cool space pictures.

By Rocketship Into the Universe / From Fire Wagon to Space Ship (1928)

 

An adult space book this week. I picked up a copy of By Rocketship Into the Universe / From Fire Wagon to Space Ship a few weeks ago. This is an early book about spaceflight and rockets written in Germany by Otto Willi Gail. I do not read German but wanted to share some of the wonderful illustrations within. At the end of July I will post his children's book derived from these ideas  By Rocket to The Moon (1931 English translation)

Mit Raketenkraft ins Wentanall / Vom Feuerwagen Zum Raumschiff. (By Rocketship Into the Universe / From Fire Wagon to Space Ship.) Otto Willi Gail. Stuttgard, 106 p. 1928.