Lost: A Moon 1955 Paul Capon ~ First Edition ~ from publisher's in-house library ~ [Phobos, the Robot Planet] - Mars' moon

Title: Lost: A Moon

Author: Paul Capon

Description: A unique copy, from the publisher's in-house library. First American edition. Boards in jade-green cloth with gilt lettering. Bobbs-Merrill library rubber stamps on front and rear boards, all edges of text block, and (along with a short gift inscription) on front endpapers, else a very clean copy. Dust jacket shows light chipping at head of spine; edges rubbed; not price clipped ($3.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. 222 pages.

Lost: A Moon was published in the same year in the UK by Heinemann under the title Phobos, the Robot Planet. The plot revolves around the disappearance of Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, and three Americans who are kidnapped by the sweeping tentacles of a strange machine--a small space ship, which is taking them to the small Martian moon.

Paul Capon (1912-1969) was a British author who wrote several science fiction novels. His work included themes of hidden planets, utopias, time travel, lost civilizations, and alien invasions.

This book was acquired from the Bobbs-Merrill Library by Albert Junior ''Al'' Pinkerton (1928-2001). He retired from SAMS Publishing, Bobbs-Merrill's parent company, in 1990.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
Place: Indianapolis - New York
Year: 1955

Keywords: science fiction, SF, British, Phobos, Phobos the Robot Planet, Mars, space travel,