The American Heritage History of Flight
[New York]: American Heritage Pub. Co., [1962]. 29 cm, 416, illus. (some in color), index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and missing pieces, ink notation on flyleaf. More
[New York]: American Heritage Pub. Co., [1962]. 29 cm, 416, illus. (some in color), index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and missing pieces, ink notation on flyleaf. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. 224, illus., maps, glossary, index, boards somewhat scuffed. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1962. 224, illus., maps, glossary, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9.75 inches. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy of Technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as Administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope. While he describes himself as a "simple aerospace engineer from a small town", Griffin has held several high-profile political appointments. In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. He began signaling intended changes at his Senate confirmation hearing. In 2005, he was appointed NASA Administrator where he pushed for commercial cargo and crew transportation services. After NASA lost a GAO protest from SpaceX on a sole-source contract to RocketPlane Kistler, Griffin led a reorganization of the contract into a competition called the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Twenty aerospace companies applied to the COTS program, of which two companies, RocketPlane Kistler and SpaceX were selected by NASA. In 2008, NASA awarded SpaceX and Orbital Sciences contracts with a combined value of $3.5 billion. More
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1953. First Edition. 291, illus., typed list of dates taped inside rear board, tape stains inside rear flyleaf, bookplate inside front board. More
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1958. 334, illus., appendices, index, boards slightly soiled and scuffed, spine soiled and some wear. More
Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Pub. Co., [1974]. 28 cm, 144, wraps, profusely illus. (some in color). More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 323, [1] pages. Photographs, Maps, Drawings, Diagrams. Glossary. Source Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Inscribed and dated by the author on title page. This is one of the Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Dr. Richard P. Hallion is Senior Adviser for Air and Space Issues, Directorate for Security, Counterintelligence and Special Programs Oversight, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for analysis and insight regarding the conceptualization, evolution and utilization of sensitive national technological programs and related subject areas. He has broad experience in science and technology museum development, research and management analysis, and has served as a consultant to professional organizations. He has flown as a mission observer in a range of military and civilian fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. Dr. Hallion is the author and editor of numerous books relating to aerospace technology and military operations, as well as articles and essays for a variety of professional journals. More
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1969. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 155, [5] pages. References. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Michael with best wishes -- Bill Hallstead Ruxton, Md. Christmas, 1975. The story of the rocket factory near Zajecar and the campaign to destroy it is fiction. But the Nazis actually did develop several surface-to-air missiles late in World War II, although too late to use them effectively. Similarly, the Azon guided bomb was used by the USAAF in the closing months of World War II, and later models were employed in Korea. Mr. Hallstead has underlaid his story with solid technical fact. His B-24s and Focke-Wulf 190s are portrayed as accurately as research permits. Much of the background he has lived himself, from the inside out, as a crew member on a B-24 Liberator in the 15th Air Force during World War II. Details of aircraft described in the story are as accurate as research permits. The 456th Bomb Group (H) and the 747th Squadron were based near Cerignola, Italy, and the base was much as described. However, the events in the story, and the cast of characters, with the exception of General Graz Mihailovic and Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, are entirely fictitious. The author apologizes for the sentimental use of the 456th Group and the 747th Squadron designations. They were the group and squadron in which he served as a B-24 radio operator/gunner in 1945. More
Washington, DC: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xiii, 194 p. Illustrations. Notes. References. Name Index. More
New York: Taplinger Publishing. Company, 1970. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 23 cm. 295, [1] pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Guy Hartcup (13 May 1919 – 18 March 2012) was an author and military historian. His published works focused on the history of 20th-century military technology. More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. First Printing. 272, illus., index, DJ stained, some wear to DJ edges and small chips missing, DJ in plastic sleeve Book intended for junior and senior high school students. Topics covered include planning earth satellites, designing rockets, the Explorers, the Vanguard, the Sputniks, orbiting observatories, weather satellites, and astronauts and cosmonauts, among many others. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 278, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, front and rear hinges cracked and repaired with glue. More
New York: Delacorte Press, c1998. Seventh Printing. 25 cm, 368, erasure residue on front endpaper, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
Old Greenwich, CT: WE, Inc., 1969. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 182 p. 29 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. Table of Contents starts with technical information on page 69. Preliminary material not reflected in T o C. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First Edition. 272, figures, map, appendices, index, some soiling to fore-edge, rear DJ somewhat soiled, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 338 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. Nathalia Holt (born December 13, 1980) is an HIV researcher and science writer. Holt studied at University of Southern California, Tulane University, and Humboldt State University. Her career includes work at the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. Her research as a science writer has included work at the JPL archives, the Caltech Library, and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard. Her work appears in The Atlantic. Holt's book Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (2016) chronicles the lives of women computers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. It also puts them into the context of milestones in both scientific and more general history. Supervisors Macie Roberts and later Helen Ling employed women as computers at a time when few scientific careers were open to women. More
Washington, DC: Secretariat of ICSU Panel, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 113, wraps, illus., list of instruction manuals and data handbooks, some wear and soiling to covers, distribution sheet laid in. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. First Printing. 320, profusely illus. with 300 color illus., minor soiling to DJ, minor pencil erasure on half-title. More
New York: Plenum Press, Inc., 1959. 460, illus., diagrams, usual library markings (some blacked out), tape residue inside boards. More
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. 31 Illustrations. Maps. 10 Tables. Three Appendices. Bibliography. Subjective Analysis Summary (SAS) Index. Index. DJ has slight soiling and wear. The author was a space systems analyst with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. He was also their Program Manager of Foreign (Soviet) Technology from 1968 to 1971. His intelligence assessments were used by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force Foreign Technology Division. More
New York: Inst of Aeronautical Science, 1949. 739, illus., figs, tables, apps, refs, damp stains on bds & ins corner of text (no pgs stuck), lib stamps, rough spot fr flylf. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Quarto. [6], 160, [2] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Charts. Tables. References. Name Index. Subject Index. Ink inscription from editor on front flyleaf. Inscription reads "with the compliment of the editor." Slight discoloration to flyleaves and DJ soiled and edges worn, small tears, small chips missing. Robert Jastrow (September 7, 1925 – February 8, 2008) was an American astronomer and planetary physicist. Robert Jastrow was Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Wilson Institute. Dr. Jastrow received his Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from Columbia University. He joined NASA in 1958 and was a prominent figure in the American space program from its inception. Dr. Jastrow was the first chairman of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Committee, which established the scientific goals for the exploration of the Moon during the Apollo lunar landings. In 1961, Dr. Jastrow set up NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He served as director of the Goddard Institute until his retirement from NASA in 1981. In recognition of his work in NASA, Dr. Jastrow received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Outstanding Service in the U.S. Government. Dr. Jastrow hosted more than 100 CBS-TV network programs on space science. He was the special guest of NBC-TV with Wernher von Braun for the Apollo-Soyuz flights, and he was the featured guest of the Today show on the 10th anniversary of the landing on the Moon. Dr. Jastrow’s articles have appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic Monthly, and Scientific American. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First Printing. 160, illus., figures, charts, tables, references, index, ink mark on frnt flylf, bd & spine edges worn, bds & spine scuffed. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First Edition. Third Printing. 287 + 5, illus., maps, figures, charts, tables, some discoloration ins bds & flylves, DJ soiled: several tears, small pieces missing. More