Lem Stanislaw, The Astronauts [S. Lem's book debut!][Half-shell].

Lem Stanislaw, Astronauts. A science-fiction novel, Czytelnik Publishers. Spółdzielnia Wydawniczo-Oświatowa, Warsaw 1951, 1st edition, p. 335, dimensions 15 x 21 cm. Cover design by Jan S. Miklaszewski . drawings by Bolesław Penciak. publisher's preserved cover. Striking half-leather signed MillaArte, signboard, gilt on spine.

Book debut of Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) - outstanding science fiction writer, philosopher, novelist, essayist, futurologist.

The novel, telling the fate of the expedition to Venus, very quickly became a bestseller, lived to see numerous reprints and translations into foreign languages.

A classic of Polish science fiction literature!