Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications
New York: Random House, 1959. 330, illus., tables, chap notes, app, glossary, index, r bd weak, fr bd bent, marker ins fr flylf, bds scuffed & lettering faded. More
New York: Random House, 1959. 330, illus., tables, chap notes, app, glossary, index, r bd weak, fr bd bent, marker ins fr flylf, bds scuffed & lettering faded. More
Random House, 1999. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. 300, [2] p. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 120, wraps, illus., references, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 528, wraps, color illus., index. More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 528, illus. (some in color), two library stamps, rough spots inside boards The true story of how a joint Russian-American crew narrowly survived fire, blackouts, leaks, docking failures, mechanical breakdowns, and a collision. Based on interviews with the cosmonauts, astronauts, ground controllers, and scientists. More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 528, illus. (some in color). More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 528 pages. Illus. (some in color), index, slight wear to DJ edges. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. More
New York: Random House, 1998. First Printing. 723, illus., notes, sources, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, sm tear at front DJ flap, ink note/pencil erasure front endpaper. More
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 723, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Pyramid Books, 1961. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. 192 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix 1 and 2 (Glossary of Space Terms). Name stamped inside front cover. Some page discoloration. Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction during 1957, and authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books, as well as more than 1,000 magazine articles. His best-known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for The Six Million Dollar Man franchise. He also wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation. Caidin flew with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron for several months, and was made an honorary member of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team. Additionally, Caidin twice won the Aviation/Space Writers Association award for the outstanding author on aviation. Caidin also established a company with the purpose of promoting aeronautics to young people. More
New York: J. Messner, 1965. Third Printing. Hardcover. 208 pages. Illustrations. Index. Black mark on bottom edge. Foreword by Homer E. Newell. More
Tampa, FL: Faircount LLC, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Quarto, 368, wraps, profusely illustrated in color, fold-out NASA timeline at center of the volume, slight wear and soiling to covers. This magazine was published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA. Among the many articles are "50 Years of NASA History" by Steven J. Dick, NASA Chief Historian; "Sputnik and the Creation of NASA: A Personal Perspective" by Eilene Galloway; "Ten Presidents and NASA" by John M. Logsdon; and "NASA Engineers & Scientists: Transforming Dreams Into Reality" by A.J.S. Rayl. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 211, profusely illus., color frontis illus., maps, references, boards & spine slightly soiled & scuffed, some wear to bd edges. More
Bethesda, MD: 3rd Eye Books, 2003. First Edition. First? Printing. 189, wraps, covers slightly worn and soiledFive inventive young teens and one homemade robot are spending their summer at a futuristic space camp playing with abandoned satellites--space junk. When mysterious events begin to wreak havoc on Earth, the campers power up the antique satellites and send outdated rockets to help save their home planet. Inanimate objects such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Keyhole spy satellites and Reagan-era laser platforms figure prominently in the plot. The dialogue is sharp-witted, theaction continuous, and the ending a bombshell. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First U.S. Edition. 255, reading list, index, usual library markings Subtitled: An astrophysicist's independent examination of space travel, aliens, planets, and robots as protrayed in the Star Wars films and books. More
Toulouse, France: CEPADUES-EDITIONS, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Text in French, English. 1167 p. 25 cm. Illustrations. References. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, c1982. Hardcover. 24 cm, 308 pages. Signed by the author (Cetron). More
New York: Viking, 1994. Second Printing. 24 cm, 670, illus., appendices, bibliography, index, minor soiling to fore-edge. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, c1979. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 212, illus., notes, bibliography, index, tears to DJ edges. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1984. First Edition. 128, wraps, color illus., footnotes, references. More
New York: Julian Messner, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 212, illus., glossary of space terms, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled. Foreword by Gordon Cooper. More
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xiv, 301, [3] pages. Signed by the Editor on the fep. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid popularizer of space travel, and a futurist of a distinguished ability. He wrote many books and many essays for popular magazines. In 1961, he received the Kalinga Prize, a UNESCO award for popularizing science. Clarke's science and science-fiction writings earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space Age". His science-fiction writings in particular earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership, made him one of the towering figures of the genre. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the BIS, British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system using geostationary orbits. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946 to 1947 and again in 1951–1953. Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. Clarke augmented his popularity in the 1980s, as the host of television shows such as Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death. More
New York: Ballantyne Books, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 23 cm, 259, usual library markings. More
New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxvi, 324, [4] pages. Chronology of Robert H. Goddard. Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through often explosive experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. Clary, former chief historian of the US Forest Service, has been a consultant to government agencies and has taught history at the university level. Historian David A. Clary specializes in the history of the United States and has written on such diverse topics as the U.S. Corps of Engineers and flying saucers in America. In his book Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age, Clary provides a biography of the man famous in space technology circles for developing the liquid-fueled rocket. Clary "attempts to clean Goddard's biography of the varnish applied in earlier biographies," noted a Publishers Weekly contributor. Gilbert Taylor, writing in Booklist, commented that "this well-researched portrait cements Goddard's status as a hero in the history of space technology." More
New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xxvi, 324, [2] pages. Chronology of Robert H. Goddard. Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through often explosive experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. Clary, former chief historian of the US Forest Service, has been a consultant to government agencies and has taught history at the university level. Historian David A. Clary specializes in the history of the United States and has written on such diverse topics as the U.S. Corps of Engineers and flying saucers in America. In his book Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age, Clary provides a biography of the man famous in space technology circles for developing the liquid-fueled rocket. Clary "attempts to clean Goddard's biography of the varnish applied in earlier biographies," noted a Publishers Weekly contributor. Gilbert Taylor, writing in Booklist, commented that "this well-researched portrait cements Goddard's status as a hero in the history of space technology." More