Countdown: An Autobiography
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. 448, illus., index, minor creases to DJ edges. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. 448, illus., index, minor creases to DJ edges. More
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. Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He owned and rebuilt a rare World War II single-engine fighter, the Bell P-63 Kingcobra. It won the prestigious Grand Champion Warbird award when exhibited at Oshkosh in 1998. More
San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1984. First Printing. 322, wraps, illus., figures, tables, references, appendices, index, ink underlining & marginal notes, some wear cover & spine edges. 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, 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 147, [1] pages. Color illustrations inside front and back covers. Illustrations (many in/with color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. Ink marks on title page. 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
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
Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian Space Office, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 160 pages. 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. This includes a General Retrospection of the 50 years of Space Activity in Hungary by Dr. Ivan Almar. It presents 8 significant milestones: Lunar radar experiment, ionospheric sounding, artificial satellites, Rocket experiments, Intercosmos Cooperation, Spaceflight, Space-Earth studies, and Space Physics and Solar System Exploration. 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
New York: Gordon and Breach, 1968. 288, fold-out illus., figures, charts, tables, references, appendix, index, DJ edges worn & small creases: small tears. 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
London: British Interplanetary Society, 1958. Presumed First thus. Ephemera. Maximum dimensions approximately 10.5 inches by 7 inches. Some wear and soiling noted. Event menu is in the shape of a rocket. There is a center fold. The front side reads: British Interplanetary Society 25th Anniversary Dinner Waldorf Hotel Aldwych, London, W.C. 2 Guests of Honour Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Cleator, Professor and Mrs. H. S. W. Massey, Professor and Mrs. A. D. Baxter, Professor and Mrs. A. J. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stephens, Air Commodore and Mrs. Banks, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, [and] Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mandeville. The reverse side contains the event Menu: Melon Refraichi, Filet de Carrelet Riviera, Poularde Poelee Grand Mere, Haricots Verts Fins au Beurre, Pommes Mascotte, Peche de Nice Belle de Mai, Friandises, Cafe. British Interplanetary Society 1933 - 1958. Rare surviving event ephemera. 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: Harper, 2011. First Harper Premium Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xxxv. [1], 421, [7] pages. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.25 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Dale Brown (born 2 November 1956) is an American writer and aviator known for aviation techno-thriller novels. At least thirteen of his novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Brown joined the Air Force ROTC while in college. He received a commission in the United States Air Force in 1978. He was a navigator-bombardier (now known as a weapon systems officer (WSO)) in the B-52 Stratofortress G-model long-range heavy bomber and the FB-111A Aardvark medium range fighter-bomber. Brown received several military decorations and awards, including the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon. He rose to the rank of Captain and has 2,500 hours of flight time in B-52s. He left the Air Force in 1986, having never seen combat. While still in the Air Force at Mather Air Force Base, he wrote his first book, Flight of the Old Dog. 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
San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 439, illus., indexes. More
Springfield, VA: NTIS, 1977. 28 cm, Part II only, wraps. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. vii, [1], 320, [4] pages. Wraps. Foreword by John E. Naugle, Associate Administrator. Appendix A: Satellites, Space Probes, and Manned Space Flights, 1974. Appendix B: Major NASA Launches, 1974. Appendix C. Manned Space Flights, 1974. Appendix D. NASA Sounding Rocket Launches, 1974. Appendix E: X-24B Lifting-Body Flights, 1974. Appendix F. Abbreviations of References. Index and List of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Errata in earlier volumes. Covers somewhat worn/soiled, some edge soiling. Slightly warped. This is part of the NASA History Series. The 14th volume in the NASA series of day-by-day records of aeronautical and space events has somewhat narrowed its scope and selectivity in its brief accounts from immediately available, open sources. 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: GPO, 1987. Quarto, 172, illus. (some color), figures, appendices, bibliography, library stamps, barcode, & due slip, boards scuffed & edges worn. 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: American Astronautical Soc. 1963. First? Edition. First? Printing. 901, illus., diagrams, usual library markings, pencil erasure on front endpaper. 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 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: Random House, 1998. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xviii, 723, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Sources. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Publisher's ephemera laid in. This comprehensive account of the space age is based on 175 interviews with Russian and American scientists and engineers, on archival documents, and on nearly three decades of reporting on aviation and space. William E. Burrows is an American author and journalism professor emeritus. He is also Director Emeritus of the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University. He is the author of twelve books and numerous articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Foreign Affairs, Harvard Magazine, Harper's and other publications. Burrows was the only non-scientist on the National Research Council's Near-Earth Object Survey and Detection Panel. In recognition of his distinguished career and expertise, a Main Belt asteroid has been named after him, and he is a recipient of the American Astronautical Society John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award, among other honors. More