The Stars - 1966 constellation introduction

"The space age is upon us. Rockets are leaving our globe at speeds unheard of only a few years ago, to orbit earth, moon, and sun. Any day now man may visit the moon, or may have done so as you read this. We have sent space probes to Venus and Mars, and words like 'orbit' and 'satellite' are picked up by children in the nursery. And how has all this affected the age-old pleasure of watching the starry sky? Has it made stargazing obsolete? It has not, and it never will. For we live on this earth and always shall. After the day is gone we shall go out, breathe deeply, and look up -- and there the stars will be, unchanged, unchangeable. Even from the moon or Mars, or from Pluto, the outermost planet, the stars look the same as they do from the earth. Night after night they are there. And night after night they arouse our curiosity, our urge for knowledge. Stone age or space age, man will be asking the question his grandparents have asked before him and his grandchildren will ask after him: 'What star is that?'" - The Stars: A New Way To See Them - H.A. Rey Published 1966, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston Hardcover. Approx. 8.5x11in. 160pp. Hinges are beginning to crack (see photo). Otherwise in good vintage condition. With careful use this lovely book should continue to delight at least another generation.