FULLER, R. Buckminster.
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Stock Code 114980
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1938
Nine Chains to the Moon is a collection of forty-four essays on various topics in the history of science and technology, many of them exploring progressive design and the concept Fuller called 'ephemeralization', or doing more with less, which he belived would create higher living standards despite population growth. The title, a metaphor for co-operation, refers to the notion that if all the humans on Earth stood on each other's shoulders they could reach the Moon.
First edition, first printing; 8vo; 3 charts in the appendix, 2 of which are folding, contents toned, a few small spots to the edges of the text block; original copper cloth, titles to spine and upper board in black, map endpapers, cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities, a very good copy in the rubbed jacket with nicks and tiny chips at the edges; 383pp.
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