Boys' Book of Science and Invention (1957)

 Boy's Book of Science and Invention (1957) is a boy's encyclopedia showing "how things work".with a variety of non-fiction articles about various subject including space flight.

Wallace, Carlton.  The Boys' Book of Science and Invention (3rd ed.) London : Evans Brothers Ltd. (192 p.) 26 cm. Cloth, DJ. 1957

  First published in 1949, and revised in 1953 this 1957 edition covers space flight topics in a series of 2 to 12 page articles.  Topics (with drawings) of interest include: "Inside a rocket ship", "Building a space  station", "The first Moon colony", and "Examining the Moon by rocket camera".  Especially nice is the single color plate of a painting of a manned landing on the Moon. Also 1961 edition.

The factual articles are pleasantly visionary of what the future in space might look like. Even with only B&W drawings to illustrate it.

I am still a sucker for Moon Bases and this book does not disappoint.

It also has a couple of interesting photographs.

 Here is a nice space quiz...

 DON'T PEEK AT THE ANSWERS!

Finally here is a rare picture and one I had never seen before, the 1936 founders of the British Interplanetary Society. This is a precious picture from the early space age.