China's Air Force Enters the 21st Century
Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 249, wraps, illus., maps, references, some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on title page. More
Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 249, wraps, illus., maps, references, some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on title page. More
Washington, DC: R. B. Luce, 1982. Hardcover. 24 cm, 248 pages. Illus., name written on DJ. Signed by both authors. More
New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2009. Wraps. 176 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. More
New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2008. Wraps. 208 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. More
New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2008. Wraps. 264 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. Front and back covers are fold-outs. More
New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2008. Wraps. 168 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. More
New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2008. Wraps. 144 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: Army War College, 1998. 581, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Atomic Energy Comm. 1971. First? Edition. First? Printing. 51, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], 83, [3] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Figure. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Glenn Buchan was the Associate Program Director for C3I/Space systems in Project AIR FORCE. He joined RAND as a research staff member in the Defense Planning and Analysis Department in 1984. His research has spanned a wide range of defense topics. In the area of strategic and nuclear planning, he has constructed war plans and evaluated force interactions, studied arms control verification issues and implications of various weapon systems on arms control, and analyzed Soviet strategy. His research has also focused on nuclear and conventional uses of heavy bombers. He led a major RAND study on the future structure of the U.S. heavy bomber force, focusing heavily on a range of potential applications for the B-2 bomber. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xxiv, 128 pages. Acronyms. Footnotes. Tables. Figures. References. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Corner of page 33/34 creased. Glenn Buchan was the Associate Program Director for C3I/Space systems in Project AIR FORCE. He joined RAND as a research staff member in the Defense Planning and Analysis Department in 1984. His research has spanned a wide range of defense topics. In the area of strategic and nuclear planning, he has constructed war plans and evaluated force interactions, studied arms control verification issues and implications of various weapon systems on arms control, and analyzed Soviet strategy. His research has also focused on nuclear and conventional uses of heavy bombers. He led a major RAND study on the future structure of the U.S. heavy bomber force, focusing heavily on a range of potential applications for the B-2 bomber. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2003. First? Edition. First? Printing. 128, wraps, footnotes, figures, tables, acronyms, references. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 352 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Index. Cover has wear, chips, tears and soiling. Derived from a Kirkus review: The Astronauts are our new heroes, "part pilot, part engineer, part explorer, part scientist, " They're also, organization men supreme, sounding remarkably alike. The book presents the seven essaying why they joined Project Mercury (the reasons embrace pride in country and in self), the meaning of teamwork and training, the physical and psychological exams (almost all make sub rosa cracks re headshrinkers), and, most important, a full-scale record of the preparations for and enactment of the first sub-orbital and orbital take-offs by participants Shepard and Grissom, Glenn and Carpenter. It's the latters' accounts which prove the most exciting and exemplary, especially the Friendship 7 flight. So for all the Redstone, Atlas, Canaveral, NASA details and all the challenges and courageous responses shown. The book is a rewarding revelation. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition, Number 1103 of 3000. Hardcover. [4], 352 pages. Frontis (color). Illustrations. (some in color). 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 signatures of Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn on front cover. Authentic signatures of Carpenter, Cooper and Glenn are on the Collector's Edition page above the number of the limited edition. Laid in are Certificates of Authenticity signed by Carpenter and dated 6 Nov., 1996, Cooper and dated 13 Nov 96, and Glenn dated 12-4-96 . Each signature was witnessed, Cooper's by Susan Cooper. The certificate indicated that the Authors received 25 additional unnumbered copies over and above the 3000 individually numbered copies. The Certificates are also signed by Roy S. Pfeil, Publisher. Thus, there are two Carpenter. Cooper, and Glenn autographs each! Also laid in is an unattached Easton bookplate. More
New York: F. Watts, 1982. 25 cm, 90, illus., bibliography, index, minor soiling to endpages, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, sticker residue, and small edge tears. More
New York: MetroBooks, 2001. Reprint. Third printing indicated. Hardcover. vii, [1], 184 p. Illustrations. References. Bibliogrpahy. Index. Photo Credits. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989. 7th ed. First printing stated. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 2 volumes. xvi, xvi, 3180 p. Illustrations. Index. More
New York: Golden Press, 1961. Special Edition. Pre-flight printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 95, [3] pages plus covers. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Maps. Figures. Covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear, sticker scuff on front cover. The cover states: "The Only First-Hand Story of America's Man-in-Space Project." This is by the seven astronauts of Project Mercury with Loudon Wainwright a staff writer for Life Magazine. More
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. First Printing. 189, wraps, illus., index. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 416, glossary, DJ soiled, erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 416, notes on sources, glossary, index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. 416 pages. Notes on Sources. Index. Some wear and soiling to DJ. Signed by the author. After a century of enmity between Jew and Arab, nearly three decades of occupation, and six years of a bloody intifada, Israeli leaders were doing the unthinkable--shaking hands with their Arab adversaries. That was in 1994! Glenn Frankel is an author, academic and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He worked for 27 years for The Washington Post, where he was bureau chief in Richmond, Virginia, Southern Africa, Jerusalem and London, and editor of The Washington Post Sunday magazine. He is the author of four books, the latest of which is High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic, which was published on February 21, 2017. He served as a visiting professor of journalism at Stanford University, and later as director of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor in Journalism. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. 416 pages. Notes on Sources. Index. Some tears and soiling to DJ. Inscribed, on fep, by the author to noted journalist David Shipler! After a century of enmity between Jew and Arab, nearly three decades of occupation, and six years of a bloody intifada, Israeli leaders were doing the unthinkable--shaking hands with their Arab adversaries. That was in 1994! Glenn Frankel is an author, academic and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He worked for 27 years for The Washington Post, where he was bureau chief in Richmond, Virginia, Southern Africa, Jerusalem and London, and editor of The Washington Post Sunday magazine. He is the author of four books, the latest of which is High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic, which was published on February 21, 2017. He served as a visiting professor of journalism at Stanford University, and later as director of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor in Journalism. More
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1999. First edition. First edition stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 381 p. Illustrations. Endpaper map. Note on Sources. Chapter Notes. Index. More
Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, c1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 307, illus., DJ flap creased. More