The Viking Rocket Story by Milton W. Rosen - 1956

Harper, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket 248pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., map, index, The American development of the V2. Dust jacket rather tatty o/w nice copy

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket 248pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., map, index, The American development of the V2. Little dusty o/w nice copy

Harper & Brothers. Collectible - Acceptable. 1955, 1st, (with D-E under date), black cloth spine over blue boards, signed by author (no inscription), presentation label to fep from Martin Co. of Baltimore, light foxing to eps, light wear to corners, old piece of tape to rear flap and rear pastedown which has caused 'ghost' mark to rep, interior is clean and sound, dust jacket has the original acetate cover and has the (blurred) quotation from Lao-Tse, coin is missing from front cover leaving glue residue, dj has light edgewear.

Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, original acetate cover, and gold commemorative coin, commemorative bookplate on front end-paper has an illustration of a Viking rocket in flight and states "This book is presented with the compliments of Martin Company at Baltimore, Maryland at the opening of Viking Hall...The Hayden Planetarium New York...June 30, 1955," author has signed this copy on the half-title page, the gold coin was also issued to commemorate the opening of Viking Hall and states same along with a raised illustration of the Viking rocket, condition is as follows: book has minor flaws only: two tape-ghosts on the rear end-paper where original acetate cover was attached, on page 59 the word "Reaction" is underlined in ink, there are no other markings, excellent condition overall, the dustjacket is also very well-preserved, it has very light wear at the… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 242pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, Square, tight and clean throughout with gentle bumping to the spine ends. A touch of off-setting to the top edge of the paste-downs. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket , ($3.75),, has mild rubbing and edge-wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. Further signed and inscribed to a named but unknown associate by Andrew Haley, former President of the American Rocket Society and was noted as the first practitioner of "Space Law". A sharp collectable copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Endpapers foxed, a tape shadow on the rear endpaper and flap where a previous owner had formerly affixed the jacket to the rear pastedown, very good in very good dustwrapper. Viking Hall bookplate on the front fly presenting the book with the compliments of the Martin Company of Baltimore, Maryland at the opening of Viking Hall, The Hayden Planetarium, New York, June 30, 1955. Signed by Rosen, who as a scientific officer in charge of the Viking Project, as well as by J. Preston Layton (Martin company crew chief of the first Viking Project), and W.P. Murphy (Navy crew chief of the same project). All are mentioned extensively in the text.