Hardcover 1st edition (1978) in black cloth covered boards with silver spine

Hardcover 1st edition (1978) in black cloth covered boards with silver spine lettering. Like New / Fine condition with a Very Good dust jacket. The covers are in great shape with nice sharp corners. The binding is square and tight. Small abrasion to the front flyleaf. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Includes a price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the edges and some wear to the spine ends. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. An account of the 1976 Viking expedition to Mars describes the spacecraft and its instruments, the journey itself, and the mission's results. 181 pages.