Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition, Number 1103 of 3000. Hardcover. 448, [2] pages. Frontis (color). Illustrations. Index, Removed from original shrinkwrap for cataloguing. The Easton Press's books are known for their elegant covers. Each book has the following features: Bound in genuine leather; Spine accented with 22 kt gold; Printed on archival paper; and Gilded page edges. The special contents of this edition were copyrighted in 1997 by The Easton Press. Facsimile signature of Frank Borman on front cover. Authentic signature of Frank Borman is on the Collector's Edition page above the number of the limited edition. Laid in is a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Frank Borman and dated 21 Oct 1996 and witnessed by Patricia M. Gonzalez and dated 10-21-96. The certificate indicated that the Author received 25 additional unnumbered copies over and above the 3000 individually numbered copies. The Certificate is also signed by Roy S. Pfeil, Publisher. Thus, there are two Frank Borman autographs! Also laid in is an unattached Easton bookplate. More

San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1987. Second Printing. 322, wraps, illus., figures, tables, references, appendices, index, usual library markings, some wear to cover and spine edges. More

Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian Space Office, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 144 pages. Color illustrations inside front and back covers. Illustrations (many in/with color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. This is a summary report on the Hungarian Space activities for the years 1992-93. The information is organized into five main research directions: Space-Earth System, Space Physics, Space Life Sciences, Satellite Technics and Technologies, and Space Technology. Primarily in English but with some information in Hungarian. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The beginning of Hungarian Space Research can be dated back to the year 1946, when Zoltan Bay and his team, using experimental radio radar equipment, obtained the first echo from the Moon. Hungarian experts started taking part in the new generation space research in the 1950s. In 1958, at the World Expo in Bruxelles, their ionosphere research equipment and its antenna system were awarded International Grand Prix. More

San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. 199, illus., bibliographical notes, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

Redondo Beach, CA: Space Technology Laboratories [a subsidiary of Thompson Ramo Woolridge Inc.], 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. 48 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. 5.5 inch by 8.5 inch format. TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting. It was a pioneer in multiple fields including electronic components, integrated circuits, computers, software and systems engineering. TRW built many spacecraft, including Pioneer 1, Pioneer 10, and several space-based observatories. In 1958 the company was called Thompson Ramo Woolridge, after three prominent leaders. This was later shortened to TRW. The company’s was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002. It helped create a variety of corporations, including the Aerospace Corporation, Bunker-Ramo, Experian, and TRW Automotive which is now part of ZF Friedrichshafen. Persons coming from TRW were important to build up corporations like SpaceX. In 1953, the company was recruited to lead the development of the United States' first ICBM. Starting with the initial design by Convair, the multi-corporate team launched Atlas in 1957. It flew its full range in 1958, and was adapted to fly the Mercury astronauts into orbit. TRW also led development of the Titan missile, which was later adapted to fly the Gemini missions. The company served the US Air Force as systems engineers on all subsequent ICBM development efforts, but TRW never produced any missile hardware because of the conflict of interest. In 1960, Congress spurred the formation of the non-profit Aerospace Corporation to provide systems engineering to the US government, but TRW continued to guide the ICBM efforts. More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 92, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ flaps cut off & pasted ins front board & flyleaf, library stamps & partial due slip, large rough spot inside rear board large pencil "D"s written inside flyleaves and rear board, boards and spine quite soiled and spotted, library call number on front board, some wear to spine edges, library stamps on fore-edge, some soiling to text. Foreword by Lieutenant General J. H. Atkinson, Commander, Air Defense Command. This book follows the activities of a U.S. Air Force missileman in text and photographs. The author was a veteran journalist who was a staff writer and aviation expert for Newsday. He was a member of the editorial staff of Newsday that was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Air Force Association and the Armed Forces Writers League. More

New York: Academic Press, 1963. 348, illus., tables, figures, references, index, some soiling to fore-edge, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & some wear to edges. More

Springfield, VA: NTIS, 1977. 28 cm, Part II only, wraps. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, 476, [6] pages. Occasional footnotes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan (April 22, 1936 – December 15, 2009), better known as C. D. B. Bryan, was an American author and journalist. He was born on April 22, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City. Bryan attended Berkshire School in the class of 1954 and earned a Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1958, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.[3] His parents were Joseph Bryan III and Katharine Barnes Bryan; after they divorced his mother married author John O'Hara. He served in the U.S. Army in South Korea (1958–1960), but not happily. He was mobilized again (1961–1962) for the Berlin Crisis of 1961. He was an intelligence officer. He was editor of the satirical Monocle (from 1961 until 1965), Colorado State University writer-in-residence (winter 1967), visiting lecturer University of Iowa writers workshop (1967–1969), special editorial consultant at Yale (1970), visiting professor University of Wyoming (1975), adjunct professor Columbia University (1976), fiction director at the New York City Writers Community from (1977), lecturer in English University of Virginia (spring 1983), and Bard Center fellow Bard College (spring 1984). His first novel, P. S. Wilkinson, won the Harper Prize in 1965. Bryan is best known for his non-fiction book Friendly Fire (1976). More

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1987. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Quarto,. xii, 172 pages. Illustrations (some color). Figures. Appendices. Bibliography. Eric Burgess (1920 – March 2005) was an English consultant, lecturer and journalist, who wrote about the Pioneer program of space missions since the first tests in 1957. He was the science correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor in the period of many of the planetary probe launches, and was often the senior science reporter present at many of those events. Burgess is credited with the original idea that the Pioneer probes should carry a message for extraterrestrial intelligences. He approached Carl Sagan about his idea, which eventually resulted in the Pioneer plaque. Burgess was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and British Interplanetary Society, and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Burgess was a charter members of the British Interplanetary Society. More

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 723, illus., notes, sources, index, rear DJ flap creased. More

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 723, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve. More

Washington, DC: NASA, 1968. Quarto, 61, wraps, figures, references, appendices, small rough spots on front cover, ink name on front cover. More