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1932160320Leipzig: Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal 1932. Octavo pp. 1 2-16 illustrations in the text publisher's orange wrappers printed in black stapled. First edition. A brief chronology of the history of rocketry. Ciancone 135. Hübner 388. Ley Rockets Missiles and Space Travel revised edition 1957 p. 507. Several tiny chips from edges short splits at upper and lower spine fold but a remarkably nice copy of a very fragile booklet. Rare. #160320 Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
196621722ENew York: Signet 1966. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed by the author Willy Ley to his publisher: “For Kurt Enoch with my best wishes Willy Leyâ€. Illustrated. Very good copy with a touch of handling and edge wear. From the front cover: “The full fascinating story behind the July 1965 American space flight that revolutionized science’s traditional concept of Mars - including the first close-up photographs ever made of the far-off planet.†From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #P2932 Signet paperback books
1927160319Leipzig: Verlag Hachmeister & Thal 1927. Octavo pp. 1-3 4 5 6-55 56: ads 8-page undated publisher's catalogue at rear sixteen illustrations in the text original pictorial orange wrappers printed in black. First edition. An early publication by Willy Otto Oskar Ley 1906-1969 a German-American science writer and spaceflight advocate who helped to popularize rocketry and spaceflight in Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s and later in the United States. A fine copy. #160319 Verlag Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1947042153New York: Viking Press 1947. 1st Printing. viii 374p. b/w illus. dj. Viking Press unknown books
19558633NY: Viking 1955. 1st edition. VG sltly bumped upper corner/VG some edgewear. 293 pp including index illustrations by Olga Ley 8vo. <br/><br/> Viking unknown books
19421335112New York: Modern Age 1942. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 223 pages; VG/VG-; light blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$2.00"; blue top fore-edge; some shelf wear and chipping to the edges of the dust jacket pages clean; shelved in guns and weapons. 1335112. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Modern Age hardcover books
1969ULEYDRI00AFWeybright and Talley 1969. Very Good. Ley Willy. The Drifting Continents. NY: Weybright and Talley 1969. 90pp. Indexed. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name and soiling on top edge of text block. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with chipped edges and a few short closed tears along folds. Weybright and Talley hardcover books
19411311700New York: Modern Age Books 1941. First Edition presumed. Hardcover. Hardcover Crown Octavo; VG-/VG; DJ shows notable shelf ware open tears on corners edges and head of spine age toned with rubbing on all sides price clipped on front inside slip; Text block age toned but clean text and illustration legible and clear; pp 305. 1311700. FP New Rockville Stock. Modern Age Books hardcover books
198121162Santo Domingo: Editora de Santo Domingo. Near Fine. 1981. Hardcover. Text is in Spanish - translated into Spanish by Federico William Lithgow. Illustrated. A limited edition reprint of the 1949 edition. Octavo quarter-bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and gilt and orange design along spine ribbon bookmark 221 pages. Brief gift inscription on falf-title page else fine in a near fine slipcase. . Editora de Santo Domingo hardcover books
1993163171Brussel: Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten 1993. Paperback. VG but for light rubbing to back cover; former owner's name stamp on ffep art conservator. Glossy color-pictorial wraps with white lettering on spine. 100 pp. with bw frontis and full of color plates. Text in Dutch and French. Includes an essay on the painter and his art 30 works pictured and annotated a bibliography and a list of exhibitions. A lovely catalogue. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten paperback books
191012310Leipzig: J.J. Weber 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. browncloth front cover color inset paper spine label. Near fine. 254 pages. 25 x 18 cm 213 text illustrations -- drawings photographs and town design layouts; and thirteen mounted color plates some double-paged of landscape designs. Fresh bright copy. J.J. Weber hardcover books
197542639Deurne: H. Duterne 1975. Octavo pp. 1 2 3-4 5-85 note: last page of text page 85 printed in inside rear cover illustrations pictorial wrappers. First edition. Survey of Lang's films by De Laet with detailed filmography by Magiels. A fine copy. #42639 H. Duterne] unknown books
1952ULAMTHR00NJMacmillan Company 1952. Very Good. Lambert Samuel W. Three Vesalian Essays to Accompany the Icones Anatomicae of 1934. Wiegand Willy; Ivins Jr. William M. NY: Macmillan Company 1952. 128pp. Illustrated. Small 4to. Maroon cloth. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Price clipped. Macmillan Company hardcover books
1995003281Singapore: John Wiley & Sons 1995. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xviii 497 pages of text including an index. Hardcover cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to extremities; protected in archival mylar. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover books
1995017061Singapore Etc.: John Wiley & Sons 1995. xviii 497p. dj. John Wiley & Sons unknown books
1973039498Hamburg: Friedrich Wittig Verlag 1973. 71 1p. original stiff printed wrappers Deutsches Bibel-Archiv; Abhandlungen und Vorträge 5. Friedrich Wittig Verlag unknown books
1967UKROGOE00HMRKrauss Reprint Limited 1967. Fine. Krogmann Willy. Goethes Ringen mit Wetzlar. Geranische Studien Heft 116. Liechtenstein: Krauss Reprint Limited 1967. 50pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with university library stamps on front cover. Otherwise fine and unmarred. Krauss Reprint Limited paperback books
191327714London: Chappell PN 25470 1913. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers. i title ii printer's statement iii dramatis personae iv contents 162 ii publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; upper detached and with minor tear; spine torn at head and tail; former owner's signature in pencil to upper. Upper inner corners creased; light foxing and composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title; small tear to one leaf not affecting music. Probable First Edition. Chappell [PN 25470] unknown books
198620552Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget 1986. Hardcover. Octavo 22.5 cm pp. 1373. Blue cloth boards no jacket. Endpapers are a map of the North Sea. Light edge wear and smudging. Kunnskapsforlaget hardcover books
1954162048Boston: Little 1954. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Space travel to an unknown planet where an ever-changing utopia has developed." - Lewis Utopian Literature p. 103. Political satire in which Hieronymus Meeker and other crew members of an expedition to Mars end up on an unknown planet which they call Thalia where they travel to and escape from three dystopian lands losing a crew member here and there before reaching the utopian Oplikland. The land of the Vimliks who believe in the equality of all races and the superiority of the Vimliks is America as a machine dystopia in which citizens are sanitized and brainwashed to "believe in Vimlikland and in the way of life for which it stands ." Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 620. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 251. Reginald 07918. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with touch of wear at edges and 11 mm closed tear at top edge of front panel. #162048 Little unknown books
1954145183Boston: Little 1954. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Space travel to an unknown planet where an ever-changing utopia has developed." - Lewis Utopian Literature p. 103. Political satire in which Hieronymus Meeker and other crew members of an expedition to Mars end up on an unknown planet which they call Thalia where they travel to and escape from three dystopian lands losing a crew member here and there before reaching the utopian Oplikland. The land of the Vimliks who believe in the equality of all races and the superiority of the Vimliks is America as a machine dystopia in which citizens are sanitized and brainwashed to "believe in Vimlikland and in the way of life for which it stands ." Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 620. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 251. Reginald 07918. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #145183 Little unknown books
1947149524Basle: Amerbach Publishing Comp 1947. Softcover. G Ex-library with label and bookplate and marks; cover slightly soiled; page edges are tanning; plates and texts are clean. Pink illus. wraps French flaps 11 pp. of text plus 24 pp. of colored plates. An introduction presents the 24 colored plates of Minnesingers from this medieval manuscript. Amerbach Publishing Comp unknown books
19251262436London: Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press ca. 1925. 4vo. 160pp.; VG; bound in publishers yellow cloth mounted color front and rear; housed in yellow glazed decorated slipcase bumped to corners; 15 mounted color plates; bumping to head and tail of spine corners; decorated endpapers; interior clean; DC consignment; shelved case 14. 1262436. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press unknown books
1981040468Winterthur: Amadeus Verlag 1981. 168p. music original stiff printed wrappers. Amadeus Verlag unknown books
198634376Winterthur: Amadeus 1986. Octavo. Original publisher's full green cloth. 428 pp. With occasional musical examples and illustrations including facsimiles. In dustjacket. Ex-library with label pocket and "Withdrawn" stamp to verso of rear free endpaper stamp to upper edge manuscript notation to lower. Amadeus unknown books
