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Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1956. Book Club Edition. 240, illus., figures, references, index, minor printing flaw p. 98 (small ink smudges), some discoloration inside flyleaves. More
Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1956. Book Club Edition. 240, illus., figures, references, index, minor printing flaw p. 98 (small ink smudges), some discoloration inside flyleaves. More
Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1956. Book Club Edition. 240, illus., figures, references, index, small stains on a few pgs, rear DJ soiled, small tears & small pieces missing to DJ edges. More
New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1986. Reprinting of three separate previous works. Second printing thus [stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 4.75 inches by 8.5 inches. Illustrated cover. Minor cover wear and soiling. Small red mark on bottom edge. Thousands of facts in 480 pages. More than 140 weapons described in detail. Over 550 illustrations, most in color. The contents of this work had been previously published in three separate volumes. Section One is Land Weapons and Equipment; Section Two is Naval Weapons and Equipment; and Section Three is Air Weapons and Equipment. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1973. 133, wraps, illus., tables, references, appendices, index, slight wear to cover edges. More
New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. Quarto, 574, illus., tables, index, boards scuffed, worn, and spotted, small rough spot inside front flyleaf where sticker has been removed. 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: Bantam, 1982. 29 cm, 157, wraps, illus. (some color), appendix, chronology, some wear to covers. More
New York: Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated] Rare limited softcover printing issued before publication. Trade paperback. [12], 310, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Rare limited softcover printing issued before publication ["Advance Reader's Edition Not for Sale" stated on front cover]. Substantial amount of ink underlining, comments and other marks. In Red Moon Rising, Matthew Brzezinski recounts the dramatic behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that preceded and followed the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957. He takes us inside the Kremlin, the White House, secret military facilities, deep-cover safe houses, and the halls of Congress to bring to life the Russians and Americans who feared and distrusted their compatriots at least as much as their superpower rivals. Drawing on original interviews and new documentary sources, Brzezinski tells a story rich in the paranoia of the time. The combatants include three U.S. presidents, survivors of the gulag, corporate chieftains, ambitious apparatchiks, rehabilitated Nazis, and a general who won the day by refusing to follow orders. The true story of the birth of the space age has never been told in such dramatic detail, and Red Moon Rising brings it vividly and memorably to life. More
New York: Random House, 1959. 330, illus., tables, chap notes, app, glossary, index, r bd weak, fr bd bent, marker ins fr flylf, bds scuffed & lettering faded. 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
Sydney, Australia: Shakespeare Head Press, 1962. 495, illus., figures, charts, lower corner of text bent, paper clip impressions on a few pages, front board bent, rear board soiled. More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. First U.S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, 370, [2] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Ink marks and highlighting noted. Deborah Cadbury is a British author, historian and television producer with the BBC. She has won many international awards for her documentaries including an Emmy Award. Cadbury joined the BBC in 1978 as a trainee.[citation needed] She went on to produce films for the BBC's Horizon strand and won awards for her investigations. Her Horizon film, Assault on the Male, launched a worldwide scientific research campaign into environmental oestrogens, hormone-mimicking chemicals potentially impacting human health, and led to her book, The Feminization of Nature. She moved into history programming in 2003 as the series producer of the BAFTA-nominated drama documentary series, Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. The series was notable for combining live action with CGI, created by Gareth Edwards, and was described as "a ground breaking achievement" by the Times. In 2005 she produced the docudrama series, Space Race, the BBC's first co-production between Russia and the United States with unique access to the Russian side of the story. As an executive producer, Cadbury continued her investigation of Cold War espionage in her BBC series Nuclear Secrets, which explored the race for supremacy through pivotal personal stories of such nuclear scientists as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, and Andrei Sakharov. More
New York: American Astronautical Soc. 1954. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. 33 pages, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, some damp stains at bottom edge. More
New York: Pyramid Books, 1961. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. 192 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix 1 and 2 (Glossary of Space Terms). Name stamped inside front cover. Some page discoloration. Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction during 1957, and authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books, as well as more than 1,000 magazine articles. His best-known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for The Six Million Dollar Man franchise. He also wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation. Caidin flew with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron for several months, and was made an honorary member of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team. Additionally, Caidin twice won the Aviation/Space Writers Association award for the outstanding author on aviation. Caidin also established a company with the purpose of promoting aeronautics to young people. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. First Edition. 212, illus., index, boards scuffed and scratched. More
Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2002. Second Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, [2], 322, [2] pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Glossary of Technical Terms. Bibliography. Index. List of Tables. Rodney P. Carlisle, a founding member of History Associates, offers extensive expertise in oral history, petroleum policy, energy history, naval R&D policy, nuclear reactors, technology and policy, press and media, and post-Cold War military strategy. His publications include Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age; Where the Fleet Begins: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, 1899-1987; and Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal: American Production Reactors, 1942-1992. Dr. Carlisle has also co-written Jack Tar: A Sailor’s Life with J. Welles Henderson, which chronicles daily life aboard merchant and naval ships between 1750 and 1910, and Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco: The Life and Times of Colonel Frank M. Brandstetter with Dominic Monetta, about a Hungarian immigrant who became a hotelier and Army intelligence officer. Dr. Carlisle is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1955. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 207, [1] pages. Name of previous owner in ink on fep. Cover has a gilt decoration on the front and has some edge wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Somewhat cocked. Includes 33 illustrations, as well as Acknowledgments, a Glossary, and an Introduction. Chapter 1 covers the Use of Fire in War, Petroleum and Naphtha, The Development of Cannon, Early Experiments, English Artillery on the Continent, Giant Guns, Henry the Eighth's influence and Elizabethan Cannon; The Seventeenth Century, Slow Development: Modern Methods; Variations of Cannon; Unusual Materials and Types; Drawn and Self-Propelled Guns, Machine-Guns--First Attempts at Multiple Fire; Puckle's Revolving Gun; The Maxim Gun; Handguns, Muskets and Rifles; The Smooth Bore; Rifled Firearms; Breech-Loading Guns; Multiple Fire; Carbines; Pistols and Revolvers; Single Shot; Multiple Shot; Experiments: Wall Pieces and Curriers; Unusual Pistols; Combined Weapons; Air and Other Propellents; Ammunition; Projectiles; Igniters; Small Arms Ammunition; Grenades and Fireships; Rockets; Bibliography and Index. William Young Carman (1909-2003) was a well known as a military historian and collector. He has written on uniforms and weapons are The History of Firearms, British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Prints, Indian Army Uniforms (2 vols.) and Headdresses of the British Army (2 vols.), as well as contributions to History of the British Army. He was associated with the Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum for over 20 years, and is a Council Member of the Army Historical Research Society. More
Bethesda, MD: 3rd Eye Books, 2003. First Edition. First? Printing. 189, wraps, covers slightly worn and soiledFive inventive young teens and one homemade robot are spending their summer at a futuristic space camp playing with abandoned satellites--space junk. When mysterious events begin to wreak havoc on Earth, the campers power up the antique satellites and send outdated rockets to help save their home planet. Inanimate objects such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Keyhole spy satellites and Reagan-era laser platforms figure prominently in the plot. The dialogue is sharp-witted, theaction continuous, and the ending a bombshell. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 402 pages. DJ has a tear at top front. Footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Preface to the English Language Edition. Foreword by Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.). A few notes about Transliteration and translation. List of Abbreviations. Boris Evseyevich Chertok (1 March 1912 - 14 December 2011) was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. He was the author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. He retired in 1992. Between 1994 and 1999 Boris Chertok, with support from his wife Yekaterina Golubkina, created the four-volume book series about the history of the Soviet space industry. The series was originally published in Russian, in 1999. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. xxviii, 669, [1] pages. Series Introduction by Asif Siddiqi. Introduction to Volume II. A Few Notes about Transliterations and Translations. List of Abbreviations, Footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Reference collection stamp on fep. No other markings noted. Some sticker residue on DJ. Boris Evseyevich Chertok (1 March 1912 - 14 December 2011) was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. He was the author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. He retired in 1992. Between 1994 and 1999 Boris Chertok, with support from his wife Yekaterina Golubkina, created the four-volume book series about the history of the Soviet space industry. The series was originally published in Russian, in 1999. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. xxviii, 669, [1] pages. Series Introduction by Asif Siddiqi. Introduction to Volume II. A Few Notes about Transliterations and Translations. List of Abbreviations, Footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Substantial highlighting and ink comments noted. Reference collection stamp on fep. No other markings noted. Some sticker residue on DJ. Boris Evseyevich Chertok (1 March 1912 - 14 December 2011) was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. He was the author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. He retired in 1992. Between 1994 and 1999 Boris Chertok, with support from his wife Yekaterina Golubkina, created the four-volume book series about the history of the Soviet space industry. The series was originally published in Russian, in 1999. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964. First American Edition. First? Printing. 230, illus., diagrams, index, bibliography, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ taped to boards. More
El Segundo, CA: The Aerospace Press, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xi, [1], 91, [1] pages. Map. Illustrations. Tables. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Cover has only slight wear. This text provides information useful in selecting candidate launch sites for military or commercial payloads. It covers the history, facilities and point of contact for 21 of the most active launch sites and offers information on launch sites capable of launching commercial payloads. A guide for providing payload planners general information useful in selecting candidate launch sites for commercial payloads. The data contained has been collected from the most current public sources and through communication with the launch sites and features those that are currently active or expect to be in the near future. The author, in addition to being associated with The Aerospace Corporation, had experience teaching students at the University of California Los Angeles, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 117 pages. Illustrations. Some discoloration inside boards, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing at spine, small rough spot front DJ. Derived from a Kirkus review: A discussion of the outlook, probabilities and possibilities of present and future space travel--by the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. This has the potential to be one of the most authoritative books for the general audience. This surveys the rocket, jet and space travel world from man's earliest thoughts about them. Coming up through history then, Mr. Clarke traces developments down to the German V-2 and the latest modern models. Turning skyward he analyzes the atmosphere, the planets and their positions in the universe, the work now going on for flight to them, and what may happen when man gets to the moon. More