Rockets, Missiles & Space Travel

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1952. 4th printing. Very Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth xii + 436pp., b/w pls., text ills., appends., bibliog., index, Willy Ley was an early member of the German Rocket Society & worked with von Braun. This is a complete history of rocket development. Appendices inc. characteristics of German rockets in WW2. This is the… Read more about this item

The Viking Press. Collectible - Acceptable. SIGNED! NY: The Viking Press, 1951. 8vo Hardcover. 436pp. B/W photos, text figures and tables. Signed by Crouch, with his notations to the front free endpaper. Ex-Library Copy and no dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Slightly dampstained. With usual library markings. From the library of American aeronautics author, historian and curator Tom… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press. 1958. Revised and Enlarged Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. .

Chapman and Hall, 1954. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, third printing, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which has faded to the spine & is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated in b&w and with b&w plates and a folding coloured atmosphere… Read more about this item

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)

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.… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Second printing. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine. Second printing. 1 vols. 8vo.

Embrace the spirit of discovery and let your mind wander through the pages of time. This book is more than a collection of words; it's an invitation to dream, to ponder, and to revel in the marvels of the cosmos. 🌌 First edition with additional materials. This pioneering work on astronautics, bound in blue boards, shows light wear but remains tightly… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1957. 8vo. xvi, 528 pp. Numerous photo illust., text illust. Gray cloth, red lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Chesley Bonestell (slight chipping head of spine, slight sunning), still NF/VG copy. Revised edition, 3rd printing, of this excellent & popular overview of the early space age, substantially expanded here for… Read more about this item

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.

Viking, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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.

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