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William Morrow and Company, 1957. Dark blue hardcover binding has illustration in red white and blue of missile launching. Red titles on spine. Clean and tight interior. 256 pages with index.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS by Coombs, Charles - 1957
by Coombs, Charles
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ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS
by Coombs, Charles
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Detailed survey of recent developments in the field of space travel, published the same year as the launch of Sputnik 1. Illustrated with 79 photographs. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Coombs on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with pictorial white and red stamping. The dust jacket is a trifle edgeworn, with some neat brown paper reinforcement to the verso; otherwise very good.
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- Edition First Edition
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- Publisher William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1957
- Keywords Astronomy, Rocketry, Rockets, Missiles, Aerospace Industry, Space Race, Satellites
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ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS
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Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
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William Morrow, 1957. Hardcover. Poor. Photos. A look back with this readable copy. Worn edges and corners. Ex libris. Stamps and stickers. Slightly loose spine on back cover. Great photos throughout.
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ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS
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New York: William Morrow & Co., 1957. 1957, 256pp, illus., blue cloth w/ red & white rocket illus., light shelfwear to cover, gift note to fronty free ep, small piece torn nearly off at top of spine, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -.
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Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
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New York: William Morrow and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with just the teensiest bit of wear at a couple of corners, and a small light stain at the bottom of the rear cover; the jacket is similarly nice, with just some minor wear to the edges and extremities and a couple of tiny brown stains at the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A "state of the technology" report on the early development and growth of the nascent U.S. space program, published just a couple of weeks before the USSR's launch of Sputnik, which brought new urgency to the Americans' efforts by kicking off the so-called "Space Race." (NASA was officially created the following July and began operations in October.) Most of the book is focused on American efforts to put unmanned satellites (the "moons" of the title) into orbit, although the final chapter does engage in a little speculation about possible future…
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