Nine Chains to the Moon

New York: Anchor Books, 1971. FIrst Paperback Edition. Octavo in pictorial wraps, 346 pp, illustrations, maps; 21 cm Very Good(+) to eabout near fine(-); mild toning to wraps, textblock firm, textblock shows faint foxing; binding tight, pages clean. Paperback. ISBN: 9780385011495, 0385011490

Attractive copy. In our experience, few paperback copies of this editon have survived in desirable nice condition. | Contents: Meet Mr. Murphy. Stomach Rythms not Rhumbas. 'S a House, Darling. The Phantom Captain. What is a house?. Teleology. We Call It "Earth". "E=Mc2"=Mrs. Murphy's Horse Power. Dollarability. Primary Motivations of Man: Fear and Loathing. Genius and Talent. Patrons of Art: Death and Life. Span-spinning from Abstract Thought to Physical Science. Dogmatic Toll Takers: Detour via the NorthWest Spiral: Triangles and Squares. The 2000-Year Streamlining of Society. The Zero Hour. Baby Industry is Kidnapped. Longing Crosses the Sea. Machinery Follows Longing and Carves a Trend Pattern. The Warehouse Era. Not in Vain Did They Die. Enter Alloy: Exit Rust. Ford Consolidates the Scientific Emergence. Accounting Subterfuges of Capital's Bankruptcy. Indirect Effect of the War: Death of the Warehouse-Commerce City. Emergence Through Emergency. Trick Balance Sheet. Ecoballistics: Booms Boomerang. Speculation: Introducing the Mechanical Stock Exchange. 24 Hour Year Round, World Wide Referendum Service: True Credit Amplification. The Scientific Segregation of Scarcity and Plentitude. Universal Language. Ephemeralization. Science and Industry "Take Off" as the Boys "Get Down" to Business. Flimsy Fabric of the Abstract Monopolies. Throwing in the Patented Sponge. Scrap-Coup d'Etat of the Random Element. Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe. Scientific Dwelling Service. The Nine "Chains". Jones and the X-ian. Resolved to Resolve. Anthem.