Return to Earth
New York: Random House, 1973. Book Club Edition. 338, illus., front board weak & strengthened with glue, DJ scuffed, DJ edges worn and rubbed: small edge tears and chips. More
New York: Random House, 1973. Book Club Edition. 338, illus., front board weak & strengthened with glue, DJ scuffed, DJ edges worn and rubbed: small edge tears and chips. More
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. First Printing. 338, illus., sticker residue on front DJ, rear DJ flap creased, slight wear to top & bottom DJ edges. More
Charlottesville, Virginia: Howell Press, Inc., 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 214 pages. Oversized book, measuring 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches. DJ has slight wear along top and bottom of edges. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half title page. Inscription reads: To Jack Keliher--Trooper, scholar, comrade in arms, and friend. With all best wishes, Clif Berry, Dec. 2002. Book includes bibliographical references and index. Also includes Foreword, Preface, Looking Ahead, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, and Index, as well as chapters on The Early Years; Aviation Comes of Age; Industry Tries Its Wings; Aviation in War and Peace; Jets, Missiles, and Space; Race to the Moon; Aerospace Bounds Unlimited; Technology Thrusts Forward; and Our Unfettered Future. One postcard advertising the availability of the book is laid in. More
Washington, DC: American Aviation Pub., Inc., 1960. 478, illus., diagrams, chronology, index, boards worn and soiled, corners bumped. More
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1964. Second Edition. Hardcover. xx, [2], 617, [1] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Problems. Index. Part of fep and half-title snipped off at top edge. A few marks to the text noted. Cover has wear, tears, soiling, and rubbed corners. This edition of Jet Propulsion has been extensively revised to incorporate advances in the field which have taken place over the preceding six years and to include new topics of nuclear propulsion and space propulsion. At least two developments in recent years graphically illustrate the need for these revisions--the nearly complete conversion of commercial air transportation to jet propulsion and the almost commonplace orbiting of manned satellites. More
Place_Pub: New York: Dell Publishing, 1992. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 302, wraps, maps, appendix, index, lower corner rear cover and a few pages creased, text somewhat darkened The author was the NBC News military analyst during Operation Desert Storm. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1966. Hardcover. xv, [1], 681, [3] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out charts. Footnotes. Sources and bibliography. Appendices. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. Inside rear board scuffed. Pocket at rep. This is one of the NASA Historical Series. Boards somewhat worn, scuffed, and scratched. The authors argue that Project Mercury, from its inception in the fall of 1958, was preeminently an engineering, rather than a scientific, enterprise. Loyd Sylvan Swenson, Jr., Ph.D. 1932-2016 was Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, History Dept., author and NASA historian, A third generation Texan born in Waco, Loyd graduated Waco High School, Rice Institute (University), served as Lt. in the US Navy, and attained his Masters and Ph.D. from Claremont College. He taught his entire career at University of Houston, with an interim year at Harvard Project Physics, Boston. He co-authored the history of the Mercury and Apollo space programs and was considered an authority on the work of Albert Einstein, beginning with his research and publications on aether drift, and was a major contributor to the field of history of science and technology. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Technology Utilization, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1966. Presumed First Edition, First printing in softcover. Wraps. xv, [1], 681, [3] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out charts. Footnotes, Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography. Appendices. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some fore-edge damp staining. Loyd Sylvan Swenson, Jr., Ph.D. 1932-2016 was Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, History Dept., author and NASA historian. A third generation Texan he served as Lt. in the US Navy, and attained his Masters and Ph.D. from Claremont College. He taught his entire career at University of Houston, with an interim year at Harvard Project Physics, Boston. He co-authored the history of the Mercury and Apollo space programs and was considered an authority on the work of Albert Einstein and was a major contributor to the field of history of science and technology. James Maurice Grimwood was born on October 26, 1922 in Lincoln, AL. During WWII he served in the South Pacific with the US Navy. He was Chief Historian at NASA from 1962 until his retirement in 1979. His books include This New Ocean (A History of Project Mercury), On the Shoulders of Titans (A History of Project Gemini), and Chariots for Apollo (A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft). His final work was a memoir called What I Remember that will be treasured for generations to come. More
Tarzana, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1972. 185, figures, footnotes, lib stamps (some crossed out in marker), glue stain inside rear board, bookplate removed ins front board. More