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ROCKETS, MISSILES AND SPACE TRAVEL by Ley, Willy - 1957
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ROCKETS, MISSILES AND SPACE TRAVEL
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New York: Viking Press, 1957. Revised and enlarged edition. . Hardcover. Chelsey Bonestell. Rocket development and space travel prospects. 528 pages with illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, and index. Dust jacket illustration by Chesley Bonestell. Bookplate of George W. Earley on the front paste-down endpaper. Bound in original gray cloth with lettering in red. Near fine in very good plus, bright dust jacket with several tiny tears and fade to the red lettering on the spine panel. A very handsome copy.
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- Date Published 1957
- Keywords space, rockets, missles,
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Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Sixth Printing. fair, ex-lib.. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, weakness to fr bd, lib stamps, bds scuffed, sp worn & lib number
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth, red titles on front board & spine, xvi. 528 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, 85 figures, bibliography, index. Spine browned, spine ends and corners worn, bookplate on front paste-down. DJ paper browned, spine faded, edges worn and chipped, laminated by previous owner (the adhesive has caused some bleeding of the ink, giving a somewhat muddy appearance). Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944, was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions, all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. This printing adds Sputnik data to the Revised Edition. Ley traces the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets, through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth, and into the…
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Chapman & Hall Ltd London 1952. reprint, red cloth, 436pp illus, VG(v sl cocked, sl wear & scuffing to edges, sl rubbed & soiled, booksellers stamp to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges)
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Third Printing. very good, fair. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ stained and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. Revised and enlarged edition with Sputnik data.
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New York: The Viking Press, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, yellow titles & decoration on front board, yellow titles spine, xii. 436 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, 64 figures, bibliography, index. 2 mm tear to head of spine, else VG, paper slightly browned, lightly rubbed. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944, was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work, of which this is the first printing, in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions, all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley gives a vivid and readable account of the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets, through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth, and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 3 lbs..…
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New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First? Edition. good, fair. 436, illus., fold-out color chart at rear, appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ soiled, worn, small tears/chips. Small rough spot inside front flyleaf.
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New York: Viking Press, 1957. Rev. and enl. ed.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Good+ condition. Child scribbling on back endpaper and last page of index, signed-with dedication-by author on front endpaper. Signed by prev. owner on front endpaper. Otherwise, all pages clean & free of.... xv, 528 p. illus., ports., maps, tables. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. First published in 1944 under title: Rockets. Bibliography: p. 489-520. Please feel free to inquire about more photos (file name "rocketsmissiles"). POPULAR SCIENCE shelf. Previously owned by the author Wallace E. Akin.
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Viking, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951 Viking Press. Owner stamps, else no other writing or marks inside. Fold-out chart is attached inside rear cover. Rear hinge is cracked, but binding is solid. Cover has rubbing through to cardboard at corners.
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