HISTORY OF ROCKETRY AND SPACE TRAVEL. LIMITED EDITION. Original Illustrations By Harry H~K Lange. Introduction By Frederick C. Durant III

Von Braun, Wernher & Frederick I. Ordway III

Verlag: NY. 1966. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. / Bound In Handcrafted Mission Leather By Brown And Bigelow, St. Paul Minn.

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embossed & illustrated padded full grain leather hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8.5"x11.5") with speckled edges. large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. no dustwrapper (as issued). fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean with a bit of rubbing on the front cover & along the bottom, couple of faint scratches on the rear. rear cover has "E.W. Bliss Company" in gilt letters near bottom (see photos ~ subscription edition?). speckled edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no inking, underlining, or remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xi+244p. 32 pages of full color plates. b&w photos & illustrations throughout, some full page. most pages illustrated. bibliography. index. aviation history. space exploration. military history. world history. history of science. ~ "The history of astronautics may be thought of as two separate histories~rocketry and space flight. These fascinating stories proceeded in parallel, unrelated fashion for hundreds of years until the last decades of the nineteenth century. At about that time, the first appreciation was gained of the necessity for rocket propulsion to achieve man's ancient, hitherto unattainable dream of flight into space. ~ .I know of no comparable reference work which documents rocket flight in such detail, contains as many references, or presents so many fine photographs and illustrations of past and current events. The authors have endeavored to encompass and present in a lucid fashion the hundreds of elements of this history and have succeeded admirably. Much is presented comprehensively for the first time in a single volume and the work promises to be an important standard reference." (from the introduction). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4112301

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Titel: HISTORY OF ROCKETRY AND SPACE TRAVEL. ...

Verlag: NY. 1966. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. / Bound In Handcrafted Mission Leather By Brown And Bigelow, St. Paul Minn.

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage