{"product_id":"from-the-earth-to-the-moon-by-jules-verne-1960s-hardcover-international-collectors-library-copy","title":"From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne [1960's HARDCOVER] • International Collectors Library","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVINTAGE HARDCOVER [1960's] INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClassic ICL gold-foil adorned leatherette hardcover with decorative frontispiece, original insert sheet and  sewn-in silk bookmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo date on copyright page.  Presumably 1960's era. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover in very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome blemishes to rear boards.  Otherwise excellent. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages read good as new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane’s adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a “manned” flight, one man’s dream turns into an international space race.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination, From the Earth to the Moon is as uncanny in its accuracy and as filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy as Verne’s timeless masterpieces 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67612576284921,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/fromtheearthtothemoonhgwells-1.jpg?v=1793941714","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-by-jules-verne-1960s-hardcover-international-collectors-library-copy","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}