In artwork on front cover a very small "HARDY" is on the back of the larger spaceship.
No statement of edition or printing on copyright page.
First numbered page is 5 but only one unnumbered page prior to that. Page 63 is pasted down onto inside of rear cover.
This edition has significat differences to the earlier edition (thus):
- Change of typeface for section titles and sometimes addition of subtitle
- Introduction image replaced with new image (tripods).
- Space Stations. Skylab/Soyuz docking image from Introduction moved here,
- Space Cities. New section. Shuttle line drawing moved here, new image added.
- The First Lunar Base. Retitled from Moon Base otherwise unchanged.
- Mars: After Viking. Mars 2 (Martian Base) image moved here.
- Martian Bases. Retitled from Mars 2. Mars 3 image moved here. Martian crater photo not present.
- Mars 3 section removed. Image on page 16 replaced with new image.
- Moons of Mars. Retitled from Mars 4 otherwise unchanged.
- Venus: Hell Planet. All images replaced with new images.
- Venus 2. Section removed.
- Mercury: Elusive World. B/w image of Mercury changed.
- Asteroids: The Minor Planets. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Jupiter: Killer Planet. Main page image replaced with new image.
- Saturn: The Ringed Giant. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Titan: Largest Moon. Main page image replaced with new image.
- Iapetus. Section removed.
- Uranus: Night Planet. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Neptune: Distant Giant. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Pluto: Frontier Planet. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Titan: Largest Moon. Main page image replaced with new image.
- The Grand Tour. Section removed.
- Comets: Wonders of Space. Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
- Beyond the Known Frontiers. Retitled from Our Place in the Galaxy otherwise unchanged.
- Interstellar Communication. Section moved unchanged to here as opposed to end of the book.
- Far Beyond the Sun. Retitled from Distant Stars otherwise unchanged.
- Red Supergiants. New section, new added image.
- Twin Suns. Retitled from Distant Stars 2 otherwise unchanged.
- Distant Stars 3. Section removed.
- Tiple Suns. Retitled from Distant Stars 4 otherwise unchanged.
- Distant Stars 5. Section removed.
- The End of a World. New section, new added image.
- Intergalactic Travel. New section, new added image.
- The Photon Star-ship. Retitled from Distant Stars 6 otherwise unchanged.
- The Asteroid Ark. New section, new added image.
- Interstellar Warfare. New section, new added image.
- Conclusion: The End ? Unchanged other than addition of subtitle.
Price printed on front flap of dustwrapper but PV1 copy also has large black Mitchell Beazley/Sidgwick and Jackson price sticker on front and pasted down black label/white text (Mitchell Beazley Publishing Limited London / in association with Sidgwick & Jackson Limited) on title page.
