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First published 1952
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Arthur Shilstone
Pages 218

Notes


"First Edition" on copyright page [as noted by Currey] Month from copyright page of the Pennant paperback "Price, $2.75" and "Jacket Design by Arthur Shilstone" on front flap [price and artist as noted by Tuck]. Above price on front flap is "T." No 'gutter code' (since published before mid-1958.) Back of dust jacket has "Science fiction from Doubleday" and list of 15 titles, the most recent of which is Heinlein's 1952 anthology "Tomorrow, The Stars".

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1953 International Fantasy Award Fiction Runner-up

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Takeoff Cover 1952 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Novel Arthur Shilstone 218
Takeoff Cover 1953 Pennant Books Paperback Novel P15 Charles Binger 149