Lem Stanislaw- Magellan's Cloud [first edition, Jan Mlodozeniec].

Warsaw 1955/ Publishers Iskry/ first edition/ publisher's binding, cloth with wrapper/ 15,5 x 21,5 cm/s.422/ very good condition-, rubbing of wrapper edges, insignificant discoloration of upper edges of pages 363-837, minor spine wear. Nice pieces

First edition

Cover and wrapper design by Jan Młodożeniec

Magellan's Cloud - a science fiction novel written by Stanislaw Lem and first published in 1955. Extensive fragments of the novel were previously printed in episodes in the magazine "Przekrój" in 1953-1954. The theme of the novel concerns the difficulty of mentally enduring the hardships of space travel and attempts to communicate with an alien civilization