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Stowaway to Mars : (formerly Planet Plane)

by John Wyndham, John Beynon

An aircraft designer's attempt to win a prize for the first interplanetary flight to Mars is disrupted by a female stowaway. Originally serialised in the 1930s, this science fiction novel depicts a pioneering journey into space.

Accession 9015 ISBN 0340158352 Publisher Coronet
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