Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer
by Leonard G Cramp
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£395.00£355.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Werner Laurie, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. An exciting first edition of this work exploring the reality of flying saucers and rocket ships. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 3 plates. Collated complete. This exciting work includes chapters on: 'Rockets or Saucers?', 'Mirage of Facts?' and 'Mechanics of the Flying Saucer'. Written by Leonard George Cramp, a member of the British Interplanetary Society. With an introduction by Desmond Leslie, a British pilot, writer and film maker. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Unclipped dust wrapper, very smart with light chipping to the extremities. The odd mark to the wrapper an a couple of small closed tears. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with slight age toning only. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840T56
- Title
- Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer
- Author
- Leonard G Cramp
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Space Gravity Flying Saucers Gravity
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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