Edited Ian Macauley (5 results)

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good +/Good +. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. Good +/Good +. (1999). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 558 pp., Dj frayed, deep scratch on front cover .

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Greetings, Carob-Based Bipeds. The most visionary and versatile thinker of this century gathers together in a single volume his most significant and prophetic non fiction writings to present a personal view of the twentieth century. Each essay has a new introduction by Sir Arthur. In these essays we witness the awesome workings of Clarke's intellect as he predicts the role of geosynchronous satellites decades before before they existed: anticipates the internet decades before it happened: reports from Kennedy Space Center as man travels to the moon; scripts the best of sf movie ever made; discusses Star Wars, giant squid, and numerous other fascinating topics. Sir Arthur's bona fide scientific understanding is combined with a generosity of spirit, the interests of a new renaissance man, a sublime lack of false modesty and a great flair for the dramatic. He has been both a technological prophet and a cultural conscience for many decades of this century, celebrating the great scientific powers of man - and simultaneously warning of the prils of a world where power and greed regisn unchecked. Clarke can uniquely provide a coda for our century. Illustrated. 555 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Greetings, Carob-Based Bipeds. The most visionary and versatile thinker of this century gathers together in a single volume his most significant and prophetic non fiction writings to present a personal view of the twentieth century. Each essay has a new introduction by Sir Arthur. In these essays we witness the awesome workings of Clarke's intellect as he predicts the role of geosynchronous satellites decades before before they existed: anticipates the internet decades before it happened: reports from Kennedy Space Center as man travels to the moon; scripts the best of sf movie ever made; discusses Star Wars, giant squid, and numerous other fascinating topics. Sir Arthur's bona fide scientific understanding is combined with a generosity of spirit, the interests of a new renaissance man, a sublime lack of false modesty and a great flair for the dramatic. He has been both a technological prophet and a cultural conscience for many decades of this century, celebrating the great scientific powers of man - and simultaneously warning of the prils of a world where power and greed regisn unchecked. Clarke can uniquely provide a coda for our century. Illustrated. 555 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Soft Cover. No Jacket. Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. PBO,decorated Wraps, 1st & Only Issue,1st edition, , 1952,Minor Cvr rub & tiny chip, VG, AS-IS. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing. Editor Ian Macauley's copy, with his ownership Signature on the front fly. Macauley was Clarke's protégé, one-time secretary, and longtime friend.