First edition, 1931, has imprint: New York, Penguin Press.
Contents:
Introduction / Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- David Lasser 1902-1996 / Michael Ciancone -- 1931 Foreword / H.H. Sheldon -- Part 1. The Rocket -- Chapter I. The Meaning of Space Flight -- Chapter II. Space flight in literature -- Chapter III. The Modern Idea -- The Rocket -- Chapter IV. The Rocket and its Development -- Chapter V. Taming the Giant -- Chapter VI. Rocket Problems -- Chapter VII. Harnessing the Rocket -- Part 2. The Flight Into Space -- Chapter VIII. The Space Ship -- Chapter IX. The Start from the Earth -- Chapter X. In Space -- Chapter XI. The Return to Earth -- Part 3. New Worlds -- Chapter XII. Barriers -- Chapter XIII. Barriers continued -- Chapter XIV. New Engines and Other Power -- Chapter XV. New Worlds -- Chapter XVI. Promises and Rewards -- Chapter XVII. A Glimpse of the Future -- By Rocket to the Planets -- Selected Articles and Correspondence -- Guggenheim Grant to Goddard -- Constitution of the International Interplanetary Commission -- Annual Report to the American Interplanetary Society 1931 -- The Rocket and the Next War -- Correspondence with Edward Pendray and Arthur C Clarke
