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Book cover depicting two armed figures in tight-fitting spacesuits and green helmets riding giant crickets. A shadowy army follows them. 

The moon colony

Date1937
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Contracted to search for a missing plane, Julian Epworth finds himself on a rocket to the moon! Julian, his sister Joan, and their companion Bob, embark on a grand adventure among the denizens of the moon. 
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    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 19.5 cm x 13 cm (7 11/16 in. x 5 1/8 in.)
    Language
      CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131054380183D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2031939
      U.S. Space expert Wernber Von Braun looked into the future for a Toronto audience last night and foresaw, among other things, a moon colony with a man(...)
      U.S. Space expert Wernber Von Braun looked into the future for a Toronto audience last night and foresaw, among other things, a moon colony with a man(...)
      Braun, Wernher von, 1912-1977
      5/11/1972
      Giving the moon a hand. The winged figure atop Princes' Gates at Exhibition Park seems to be trying to light the dark side of the moon in a double exp(...)
      Giving the moon a hand. The winged figure atop Princes' Gates at Exhibition Park seems to be trying to light the dark side of the moon in a double exp(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/25/1974
      Full Moon: People do strange things on nights of a full moon, says author Erno Rossi, things they normally wouldn't do
      Full Moon: People do strange things on nights of a full moon, says author Erno Rossi, things they normally wouldn't do
      Loek, Dick
      11/23/1972
      A river with rushing rapids cuts through rocky terrain. Logs in the foreground.
      Moon Chute on Moon River, Muskoka Lakes, Ont. Canada
      Anderson, William Alfred, 1880-1962
      Approximately 1923
      Book cover: Blue with title and author in gold.
      The story of the moon : a description of the scenery of the lunar world as it would appear to a visitor spending a month on the moon
      Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929
      1928
      A short account of the British dependencies open to colonization, I, North American colonies: II, South African colonies: III, Australian colonies: IV, New Zealand
      A short account of the British dependencies open to colonization, I, North American colonies: II, South African colonies: III, Australian colonies: IV, New Zealand
      Society for the Promotion of Colonization (London, England)
      1848
      They saw the moon but not Buck Rogers, Yesterday was
      They saw the moon but not Buck Rogers, Yesterday was
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/1/1941
      Reaching for the moon: It looks like it as John Eleen, one of the new trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum, points out a display to his wife Luba at the opening of the ROM: Nature's Biographer exhibition last night.
      Reaching for the moon: It looks like it as John Eleen, one of the new trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum, points out a display to his wife Luba at the opening of the ROM: Nature's Biographer exhibition last night.
      Spremo, Boris
      9/11/1972
      QB greats: Clockwise from below, Sam Etcheverry, Tom Clements, Condredge Holloway, Tom Wilkinson and Warten Moon, Russ Jackson, Ron Lancaster and Bernie Faloney
      QB greats: Clockwise from below, Sam Etcheverry, Tom Clements, Condredge Holloway, Tom Wilkinson and Warten Moon, Russ Jackson, Ron Lancaster and Bernie Faloney
      Griffin, Doug
      11/26/1970
      Why are you better known for your looks than brains, cher? Well, I used to think the sun was the other side of the moon
      Why are you better known for your looks than brains, cher? Well, I used to think the sun was the other side of the moon
      Cher, 1946-
      9/2/1973
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      R. Yorke Clarke and Co.
      1848
      Court of the Moon and Tower of the Sun, California World's Fair on San Francisco Bay 1939
      Court of the Moon and Tower of the Sun, California World's Fair on San Francisco Bay 1939
      Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
      1939 circa