New York: Random House, 1965. 79, profusely illus., index, inside hinges repaired with masking tape, library stamps, library pocket partially removed. More

New York: Random House, 1959. 82, illus., index, ink notation inside front flyleaf, slight soiling to spine. More

San Diego, CA: Univelt, c1985. 25 cm, 601, illus., usual library markings. More

New York, N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [5], 258, xi, [3] pages. Footnotes. Appendices. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. DJ has wear, tears and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: To George and Barbara, whose enthusiasm for my literary efforts encourages me to more! Nick, March 31, 1972. [Unlikely that this was inscribed to President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, but possible given the author's prominence.] Includes Acknowledgments and Prologue, as well as Chapters on The Cradle of Reason, The Dream at War, Secret Scientists, Korolyov, Khrushchev and the Space Race, Conceding the Moon Race, Proposals, and The Press. Also contains Perspectives, as well as Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and an Index. Eight black and white illustrations of scientists and rocket pioneers follow page 80. The Russian venture into space--from the nineteenth-century experiments in rocketry to the landings on the moon. This is the first book by a Westerner to trace the development of the Russian space program from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century through the enormous success of Sputnik to the crucial decision--secretly arrived at and skillfully concealed--not to continue in the race to place a man on the moon in the 1960's. Nicholas Daniloff (born December 30, 1934) is an American journalist who graduated from Harvard University and was most prominent in the 1980s for his reporting on the Soviet Union. He came to wider international attention on September 2, 1986, when he was arrested in Moscow by the KGB and accused of espionage. More

Glasgow, Scotland: Collins Follett, 1968. 5" x 7", 294, illus., figures, tables, rear flyleaves wrinkled, rear endpaper stained, boards somewhat scuffed and soiled. More

New York: Vantage Press, 1960. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 300, illus., label inside cover. More

New York: Walker Publishing Company, 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. [10], 310 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Pencil erasure on half-title. Inscribed by the author. Paul Dickson (born 1939 in Yonkers, New York) is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military. He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club. Dickson coined the term "word word". For his published work on baseball, The Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire." In May 1979, he appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote his book The Official Rules, which detailed the history of Murphy's Law and similar aphorisms. Carson and Dickson spent time sharing similar sayings that they enjoyed. Dickson graduated from Wesleyan University in 1961. He resides in Garrett Park, Maryland. More

New York: Berkley Books, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. [10], 310 pages. Illustrations. Map. Diagrams. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Ink marks/comments and highlighting noted. Cover has some wear and edge tears. Black mark on bottom edge. Paul Dickson (born 1939 in Yonkers, New York) is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military. He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club. Dickson coined the term "word word". In May 1979, he appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote his book The Official Rules, which detailed the history of Murphy's Law and similar aphorisms. For years, Wernher von Braun, who ran the U.S. Army's missile program, lobbied incessantly that his Rocket Team should be handed responsibility for the first Earth-orbiting satellite. More

New York: Random House, 1958. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [4], 164, [1] pages. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations (photographs and drawings). Index. This is one of the Allabout books, No. 28. David Dietz (né David Henry Dietz; 6 October 1897 Cleveland – 9 December 1984 Cleveland) was an American science journalist and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Dietz attended Case Western Reserve University and received his bachelor's degree in 1919. In 1921 he took a position as science editor for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, a job he kept until his retirement in 1977. From 1927 until his retirement he was a lecturer in general science at his alma mater. Dietz was a member of the Publicity Committee of the United States National Research Council's Division of Medical Science and of Harvard University's Institute on War Problems, and was a consultant to the U. S. Army Surgeon General from 1944 to 1947. He served as science correspondent for NBC News from 1940–1950, and was heard on Morgan Beatty News of the World over 181 stations. More

Arlington, VA: JPRS, 1976. Quarto, 28, wraps, figures, tables, bibliography, small rust stains on covers, date stamp on rear cover. More

Moscow: State Publ of Children Lit, 1961. 95, profusely illus., pencil notes inside rear flyleaf, ink notation inside front board, boards soiled & edges quite worn. More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First Edition. First? Printing. 264, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ somewhat worn and edge tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

Washington DC: The National Book Company of America, 1967. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 545, [1] pages. Illustrations. Formulae. Miscellaneous Problems and Applications. Appendices. Bibliographies. Indexes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor corner bumping. The author was with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological development and prototyping. The laboratory's specialties include plasma physics, space physics, materials science, and tactical electronic warfare. NRL is one of the first US Government scientific R&D laboratories, having opened in 1923 at the instigation of Thomas Edison, and is currently under the Office of Naval Research. NRL's research expenditures are approximately $1 billion per year. More