Secret Sentries in Space
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. 236, illus., index, some wear to top and bottom DJ edges, small tears to top edge rear DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. 236, illus., index, some wear to top and bottom DJ edges, small tears to top edge rear DJ. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. 132, wraps, illus., tables, figures, charts, references, glossary, library stamps & markings (some crossed out in black marker). More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. 132, wraps, illus., tables, figures, charts, references, glossary, library stamp, covers and spine scuffed and edges worn. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1973. Quarto, 56, Part III only, wraps, figures, tables, references, date stamp & ink note on front cover, address label on rear cover. More
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 572 pages. Illustrations. Participants. References. Index of Telescopes and Instruments. Cover has some wear and soiling. The Editor was with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, MD. Yoji Kondo (born 1933, died October 9, 2017) was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Eric Kotani. He edited Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master (1992), and contributed to New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988 — Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue (1988), after his friend, writer Robert A. Heinlein, died in 1988. Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series. More
New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., tables, index, usual library markings, front DJ flap price clipped, "book sale" stamped on bottom edge. More
New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 256, illus., tables, index, bookplate inside front flyleaf, DJ edges worn and small edge tears. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Oversized, 152, profusely illus., appendix, maps, tables, glue stain inside rear board, some discoloration inside rear flyleaf. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. Oversized, 152, profusely illus., appendix, maps, tables, some wear to boards, some discoloration inside hinges. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 270, [4] pages. Illustrations (some with color). Foreword by Roger D. Launius. Acknowledgments. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. On the Shoulders of Giants: Developing the Technology. 1971: Mariner 9 Mars Orbit. 1972 and 1973: Pioneer 10 and 11 Jupiter and Saturn Flybys. 174 and 1976: Helios 1 and 2 Solar Probes. 1973: Mariner 10 Venus and Mercury Flybys. 1975: Viking 1 and 2 Mars Orbits and Landings. 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 Flybys of the Outer Planets. 1978: Pioneer Venus 1 and 2 Orbit and Probes. Epilogue: From Gloom of Night to New Light of Dawn. Appendix. Notes. References. Index. This is one of the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series. Robert Samuel Kraemer (October 21, 1928 – August 20, 2013) was an American aerospace engineer who served as Director of Planetary Programs at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1971 to 1976. Robert Kraemer was hired by Rocketdyne where he designed rocket engines. Kraemer served as the head of Advanced Design at Rocketdyne, designing or overseeing the development of the engines that powered Jupiter, Thor, Atlas, and Saturn rockets. Kraemer joined NASA in 1967. He was appointed as manager of Advanced Planetary Programs and Technology, and immediately began plans for a Mars orbiter. Beginning in 1969, he also chaired the Outer Planets Working Group (OPWG), which met monthly to review mission plans under development to explore the outer planets, and make recommendations. In June 1970, Kraemer became the Director of Planetary Programs. More
Washington, DC: NASA, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 355, wraps, v.2 only, illus., diagrams, references, index, usual library markings, pp. 781-782 loose but present. More
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1956. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [44 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 441-588, [and 20 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Sixty-four pages in color). Maps. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Ten-Color Supplement Map NOT PRESENT. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1998. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Wraps. AS IS. 11 stickers in book. Missing numbers are 4. 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18. Format is approximately 4 inches by 5.75 inches. Guide to the stickers. These exciting, accurately drawn sticker illustrations can add an astronautical touch to countless flat surfaces. Originally included 18 well-researched stickers, on four plates, depicting rockets and spacecraft important in the history of space flight: Sputnik (1957), the Soviet Union's first artificial earth satellite; America's Gemini two-man space capsule (1965); the Saturn 5 rocket booster (1969-72), launch vehicle for America's Apollo manned lunar landings; the Hubble Space Telescope, and many more. Ideal for illustrating classroom assignments and for adding a space-age note to lockers, windows, notebooks, and more, these realistic, peel-and-apply images come with fact-filled captions that provide young space buffs with a mini-history of major technological developments in humanity's efforts to explore the heavens. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 70, illus., reading list, index, title page torn out, library stickers on boards. Book for young readers The Hubble Space Telescope. More
Gainesville, FL: The Whispering Eagle Press, 1988. Second Printing. Wraps. 144 pages. Wraps, illus. (some in color), index, covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased. Signed by the author. More
Hasrrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 240 pages. Illus., index, some sticker residue to DJ. Foreword by Eugene Cernan (the last man to walk on the moon). Signed by the author. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 333, footnotes, bibliography, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ worn, soiled, and chipped, pencil erasure on half-title. More
Moscow, Russia, USSR: Progress Publishers, 1979. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Text in English, Russian. 208, [4] p. : ill. (some col. ); 23 cm. Illustrated endpaper. More
San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 322, illus., diagrams, references, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Checkmark Books, an Imprint of Facts On File, Inc., 2000. Second Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [11], 317, [1] pages. Illustrations (most in color). Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. The author was a Space Mission Design Engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Without using a single mathematical formula or complicated scientific jargon, this book explores the functions and roles of satellites, the forces and masses fueling rocket science, the logistics of launching a shuttle into space, the stars and planets that comprise the Milky Way, and more. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. First Printing. 430, illus., bibliography, index, some discoloration inside front hinge, DJ scuffed & soiled: edge wear, sm tears, sm pcs missing. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964. First Printing. 209, illus., appendices, glossary, reading list, index, lib stamps crossed out in red marker, glue stains inside rear flyleaf. More
New York: Random House, 1953. First Printing. 307, index, bkplate ins fr bd, stamp & sticker residue ins fr flylf, sticker residue ins r bd, bds scuffed, letter on spine faded. More
New York: The New American Library, 1954. First Paperbk Edition. First Printing. Pocket paperbk, 190, wraps, index, pages have darkened, title page separated from rest of text, covers soiled, worn, & creased, sm tear at spine. More
New York: Modern Library Paperbacks [Random House], 1957. First Paperback Edition. First Printing Thus. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperback. [10], 306, [4] pages. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Flight Into Space is everyman's introduction to the mysteries of space and the progress of man's efforts to explore them. By an acknowledged expert, it assumes no technical knowledge on the part of the reader. The author deals first with the basic theory of flight into space and with early and recent experiments. The author was born on May 25, 1903 and was a free lance writer until 1943. Latin American editor Time magazine, New York City, 1943-1945, science editor, 1945-1965, staff writer Time-Life Books, 1965-1968. More