Appointment in the Sky, The Story of Project Gemini
New York: Walker and Company, 1963. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. [10], 214 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Glossary of Terms. More
New York: Walker and Company, 1963. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. [10], 214 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Glossary of Terms. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [1], 228, [6] pages. Occasional footnotes. Corners bumped. The editor served as the Bureau Chief for the National Jewish Post and Opinion. She covered the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. Derived from a Kirkus review: Many informative points of view are expressed in this volume of brief but to-the-point essays. More than 20 authorities offer a substantial group of ideas about how the "discovery" of space has added new factors to our thinking in significant areas of our experience. President Johnson discusses "The Politics of the Space Age," and then other writers and subjects follow: J. Webb, education: J. Bierne, labor: W.C. Foster, disarmament; B.A. Schreiver, military; N.B. Katzenbach, law; G. Seaborg, atomic energy; R. Retterer, J. Glenn, Jr. careers; Levy (the editor), women: H. Strughold, medicine; S. Singer, weather; T. Mitchell, J. Hagerty, communications; J. Pike, religion, J. Stamp, the future. Taken all together these essays are a good introduction to the significance of this new frontier on human institutions and thought. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. 228, stains ins boards & flyleaves, library stamps (some crossed out in marker), weakness to fr bd, sm rough spots ins rear flyleaf damp stains in top margin of text (no pages stuck), pencil underlining and ink notes on several pages, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ worn and soiled, library sticker on DJ spine. Contributors include Lyndon B. Johnson on "The Politics of the Space Age," John H. Glenn, Jr. on "Choosing Careers for the Space Age," and Glenn T. Seaborg on "Atomic Power: The Key to Supremacy in Space." More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. 228, some weakness to front board, DJ somewhat soiled and edges worn: small tears, small chips missing. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 147, wraps, illus., tables, appendices, covers somewhat soiled, small red stain on front cover. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, [2], 180, [2] pages. Glossary of Satellite Names. Glossary of Rocket Names. Tables. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Some edge and page soiling. Willy Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German-American science writer, spaceflight advocate, and historian of science who helped to popularize rocketry, spaceflight, and natural history in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. In January 1935, Ley fled Germany for Great Britain and ultimately the United States. His book, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel was cited in the Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications, a staff report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration of the U.S. House of Representatives, which provided non-technical information about spaceflight to U.S. policy makers. Lay later became the curator of the National Air and Space Museum. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Sixth Printing. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, weakness to fr bd, lib stamps, bds scuffed, sp worn & lib number. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Third Printing. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ stained and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First? Edition. 436, illus., fold-out color chart at rear, appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ soiled, worn, small tears/chips. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1944. 287, illus., tables, notes & addenda, biblio, index, ink name & address on title pg, sl discolor ins bds, bds spotted & stained. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1963. First U.K. Edition. 528, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, top corner bent pp. 39-47, sm rough spot & tear to fr flylf, DJ somewhat soiled. More
Toronto: Carswell Co., 1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 700, index, edges soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Santa Monica, CA and Los Angeles, CA: Geo Science Analytical, Inc. and University of California at Los Angeles, 1981. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Various paginations (approximately 1 inch thick). Footnotes. Figures. Tables. References. Ex-Los Alamos National Laboratory library with usual library markings. This collection of W. F. Libby's papers contains those on Talking to People. This includes a two page entry entitled Recollections of a Long and Fruitful Friendship by Edward Teller. The contents of this volume are talks that existed as typed, double-spaced papers in Bill Libby's files, but for the most part were no published in the open literature. A few of the papers are exceedingly technical but are included here because Dr. Libby withheld them from publication; no doubt intending to rethink them if more information should become available. Many of the papers are talks given at every lever, e.g. high schools, colleges, business organizations, journalists, and various groups. All were written between 1960 and 1980. Among the topics covered are: The Role of the Chemist in Atomic Power, The Citizen and the Atom, Nobel Award Acceptance Speech, Radiocarbon Dating, Civil Defense, Tritium Geophysics, Atomic Armaments, Radioactive Fallout, Fallout Shelter, The Atomic Space Ship, Nuclear Energy, Plowshare, Space Science, Gasbuggy Site, Solar Wind, Venus Orbiters, Climate History, and Spent Oil Fields. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1961. First? Edition. First? Printing. 1392, wraps, footnotes, ink notation on spine, ink marks on front cover and table of contents, stamp on front and rear covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. 534, wraps, illus., index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some fading and discoloration to covers. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. ix, [1], 580, [6] pages. Illustrations Appendix A: Satellites, Space Probes, and Manned Space Flights, a Chronicle for 1972. Appendix B: Chronology of major NASA launches, 1972. Appendix C: Chronology of manned space flight, 1972. Appendix D: Abbreviations of References. Index and List of abbreviations and Acronyms. Foreword by Associate Deputy Administrator Willis H. Shapley. Foxing on top edge, some wear and discoloration to boards. NASA SP-4017. Sponsored by NASA Historical Office. NASA’s twelfth annual chronology of events in astronautics and aeronautics reflects a U.S. space program redefined to be less costly and perhaps less spectacular in the 1970s than in the previous decade-yet this volume records a continued and indeed matured response to the challenges of space, both in scientific exploration and in practical uses. The year 1972 closed with the triumphant end of the Apollo program. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. ix, [1], 580, [6] pages. Illustrations Appendix A: Satellites, Space Probes, and Manned Space Flights, a Chronicle for 1972. Appendix B: Chronology of major NASA launches, 1972. Appendix C: Chronology of manned space flight, 1972. Appendix D: Abbreviations of References. Index and List of abbreviations and Acronyms. Foreword by Associate Deputy Administrator Willis H. Shapley. Foxing on top edge, some wear and discoloration to boards. NASA SP-4017. Sponsored by NASA Historical Office. NASA’s twelfth annual chronology of events in astronautics and aeronautics reflects a U.S. space program redefined to be less costly and perhaps less spectacular in the 1970s than in the previous decade-yet this volume records a continued and indeed matured response to the challenges of space, both in scientific exploration and in practical uses. The year 1972 closed with the triumphant end of the Apollo program. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1975. 481, wraps, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1975. 481, tables, index, boards damp stained and warped, edges foxed, small damp stains to several pages (no pages stuck together). More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972. presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. ix, [1], 474, [4] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Abbreviations of References. List of abbreviations and acronyms. Index. NASA SP-4016. Covers somewhat worn/soiled, some edge soiling. Marks on cover. Ex-library with usual markings. Astronautics is the theory and practice of navigation beyond Earth's atmosphere. The term astronautics was coined in the 1920s by J.-H. Rosny, president of the Goncourt academy, in analogy with aeronautics. Because there is a degree of technical overlap between the two fields, the term aerospace is often used to describe both at once. In 1930, Robert Esnault-Pelterie published the first book on the new research field. As with aeronautics, the restrictions of mass, temperatures, and external forces require that applications in space survive extreme conditions: high-grade vacuum, the radiation bombardment of interplanetary space and the magnetic belts of low Earth orbit. Space launch vehicles must withstand titanic forces, while satellites can experience huge variations in temperature in very brief periods. Extreme constraints on mass cause astronautical engineers to face the constant need to save mass in the design in order to maximize the actual payload that reaches orbit. The early history of astronautics is theoretical: the fundamental mathematics of space travel was established by Isaac Newton in his 1687 treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. By the early 1920s, American Robert Goddard was developing liquid-propellant rockets, which would in a few brief decades become a critical component in the designs of such famous rockets as the V-2 and Saturn V. More
New York: Time, Inc., 1969. 9" x 12.25", approx. 50, wraps, illus. (some in color), chronology. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. First Edition. First? Printing. 158, pencil erasure on half-title. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. First Printing. 259, color illus., index. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 259 pages. Color illus., index, some wear & scratches to DJ, 1.5" tear in front DJ at DJ spine. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 259 pages. Color illus., index, some scratches to rear DJ, front DJ flap creased. Signed and dated by the author. More