First Edition; Fine/Very Good; The dust jacket is Creased at the outer edges, The dust jacket has a couple of small tears near the heel of the spine. 252 pages. Clean inside with no remarks or highlights. Illustrated with many photographs. Describes man's bid to conquer the moon from the days of ancient mythology up to the moment when the first men to land on the moon return to earth.
Not just the story of Man on the Moon, but a detailed background to the whole men in space adventure, written by the Then Science Editor of Independent Television News who covered the whole Apollo project. This book was written from personal knowledge at the time, and published in 1970 - a real 'as it happened' documentary. Worth taking time to absorb the information and descriptions of what happened. Great stuff!