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Aiming For The Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age
by Crouch, Tom D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 1560983868
- ISBN 13
- 9781560983866
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Washington & London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. Gift quality copy, immaculate and tight textblock, b&w photographs. Light bump at the head and foot of the spine. Unclipped dust jacket, surface scuffed and worn covers, usual wear to the edges. 338pp., including bibliographical references and index.. 1st Printing. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Tom D. Crouch is senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and the author of numerous award-winning books on aerospace history.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB16339
- Title
- Aiming For The Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age
- Author
- Crouch, Tom D
- Illustrator
- B&W Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (in mylar)
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1560983868
- ISBN 13
- 9781560983866
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington & London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Astronautics History, Space Flight History, Aerospace Engineers History, NASA , Sputnik, Mars Pathfinder, Sergei Korolev, NASA Mercury, NASA Gemini, NASA Apollo,1986 Challenger Disaster, Russian Mir Space Station
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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