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1913032420New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1913. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Plates. Xi 354 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. No Date But Issued With Sheets From The English First Edition 1913. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant Cloth Clean Bright Unfaded Endpapers Clean And Bright Pages Clean And Bright Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners. <br/> <br/> Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
1942048834New York: Beechwood Press 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 328 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Edition Thus Reprint Of 1928'S "Record Flights" With New Chapters On Wwii As "Give Em Hell!". Lightly Used Spine And Cover Gilt Complete No Marks Hinges Tight. Slight Fading To Spine Cloth. <br/> <br/> Beechwood Press hardcover
1996039282Circa 1996: The Venus Project 1996. Original Poster . No Binding. Fine. Poster Of Space Station With Starry Background 28" X 21". From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. Jacque Fresco 1916 - 2017 Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930'S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco 32 Years Old At The Time Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures And Taught Technical Design Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955 Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961 With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise Fresco Collaborated On A Project Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components Partitions And Aluminum It Sold For $2950 Or $7500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr. And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering" A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members. He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco With Meadows Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing Industrial Engineering Conventional Architectural Modeling And Invention Consultations. In 2002 Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006 William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco Future By Design.In 2008 Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012 The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives. <br/> <br/> The Venus Project unknown
ria9780309467346_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s identifies the most compelling science goals and presents an ambitious program of ground- and space-based activities for future investment in the next decade and beyond. paperback
20012-0309070317Natl Academy Pr 2001. Paperback. New. 175 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.50 inches. Natl Academy Pr paperback
199300007396Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A presentation of this Conference's papers resulting from the findings and research of some 149 scientists from 23 countries discussing ideas in nucleosynthesis nuclear physics astrophysics astronomy and related disciplines a possible diagnostic tool for stellar interiors the role of nuclei in the universe much more. Hardcover contains charts tables graphs references list of conference participants author index 648pp. A very nice copy appears unused and unread. Very rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Institute of Physics Publishing Hardcover
1966DEMO014812IChicago & NY: J. G. Ferguson / Crowell 1966. First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine. Harry H-K Lange photos. 4to 244 pages handcrafted mission leather a.e.g. Ex libris Arthur Dallman <br/><br/>Von Braun has been called the leading rocket engineer in the Western world. Ordway was a primary astronautical archivist. Illustrated with photos by Harry H-K Lange. J. G. Ferguson / Crowell hardcover
1940biblio941<p>This is an excellent FIRST EDITION copy of the astrophilosopher's Soul Of The Universe complete with Einstein blurb quote. Jacket very very good. Collectible.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> David McKay Company hardcover
19861081351986 Nouvelles éditions Opta, Collection CLA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation) N°116 - 1986 - In-8, reliure toilé verte avec décor doré (comète) sur le premier plat, sous jaquette verte illustrée, signet - 458 p. - Illustré de dessin originaux de J.L. Verdier - Edition à tirage limité de 1500 exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 1500, ainsi que 30 exemplairesde collaborateurs notés HC - Exemplaire numéroté 01199/1500
1986028864Utgefandi: Klubbur Skandinaviusafnara 1986. 1st Edition . Spiral Bound Wrappers. Near Fine. 126 Pp. Metal Wire Binding Orange Wrappers. Text In Icelandic. With A Photocopy Of An Eight Page Explanatory Letter From The Author Indicating Many Fine Points Of Translation Of Postal Terms Into English. <br/> <br/> Klubbur Skandinaviusafnara unknown
19981041006.28The Institute of Navigation Alexandria VA 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 4to paperback. 2-volume set. Vg condition. Slightest outer rubbing barely noticeable contents bright & clean binding tight. 2114 total pp. list of participants. The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, VA paperback
1995990917.13Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1995. Hardcover. As New. Lg 8vo hardcover. As new condition. Dj has small price-sticker residue on corner of cover otherwise near fine. 580 pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht hardcover
199434549Brussels: Scientific Technical and Cultural Affairs 1994. Two vols. Folio. 192 ; 276 pp. 100s of photos tables graphs some in colour. Colour-illust. softcvrs NF set. First edition of these exceedingly scarce volumes on astronomy devoted to earth observations earth physics climatology satellite geodesy meteorological satellites atmospheric mapping and more. Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs, unknown
199434548Brussels: Scientific Technical and Cultural Affairs 1994. Two vols. Folio. 267 1; 168 2 pp. 100s of photos tables graphs some in colour. Colour-illust. softcvrs NF set. First edition of these exceedingly scarce volumes on astronomy astrophysics interstellar matter in external galaxies stellar winds gravitational lenses red giants solar radiation on the atmosphere of the inner and outer planets of the solar system ozone measurements and depletion and much more. Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs, unknown
1958053326Dayton Oh: Air Force Association 1958. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 200 Pp. Large Format Magazine Single Issue. Slight Wear No Marks But Splitting On Spine. <br/> <br/> Air Force Association paperback
1955047121Denville Nj: Reaction Motors 1955 1956 1957 / Esquire 1953 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Four Volumes Three Annual Reports One Magazine With Relating Article. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Reaction Motors 1955 1956 1957 / Esquire 1953 paperback
1989059726New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 381 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Red Boards. First Edition Stated First Printing Indicated. Author's Publicity Photo And Three Diffeent Norton Publicity Sheets For The Book. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
19871081361987 Nouvelles éditions Opta, Collection CLA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation) N°11 - 1987 - In-8, reliure toilé bleue avec décor doré (comète) sur le premier plat, sous jaquette bleue illustrée, signet - 456 p. - Illustré de dessin originaux de Florence Magnin - Edition à tirage limité de 1500 exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 1500, ainsi que 30 exemplairesde collaborateurs notés HC - Exemplaire numéroté 001127/1500
2017x-0309445108Natl Academy Pr 2017. Paperback. New. 121 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.50 inches. Natl Academy Pr paperback
Pages a bit yellowed. Previous owner's name stamp inside. Protective clear plastic sleeve.
B9783642389887Paperback / softback. New. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Mexican Conference on Pattern Recognition MCPR 2013 held in Huatulco Mexico in June 2013. The 36 revised full papers and two keynotes presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions and are organized in topical sections on computer vision; paperback
1989001962New York NY: Cambridge University Press 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. 9.75" X 7." Includes volume 1: Basic Stellar Observations and Data and volume 2: Stellar Atmospheres. No underlining highlighting or pencil marks. Introduces basic elements of fundamental astronomy and astrophysics which serve as a foundation for understanding the structure evolution and observed properties of stars. Minor shelf wear. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press paperback
1958026894Milwaukee: General Motors Electronics Division 1958. First Edition . Stapled Wrappers. Fine. 11" x 8 1/2" Oblong. Fine Unsigned Graphics. Finely Illustrated Brochure On Ac's Inertial Guidance System With A Second Brochure On The Same Subject And With A September 9 1958 Letter And Large Mailing Envelope From Military Sales At Gm Transmitting This Unclassified Information Requested By Professor Tyson At Caltech. <br/> <br/> General Motors, Electronics Division unknown
1932043169Washington: Washington Department Of Commerce Aeronautics Branch/ United States Government Printing Office 1932. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 101 Pp. First Printing For 1933. Light Browning To Edges. No Marks. <br/> <br/> Washington Department Of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch/ United States Government Printing Office paperback
1986028427Washington: Aerospace And Electronics Systems Society 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 284 Pp. Papers Presented At The Conference With Photographs Charts Etc. Front Cover With Ownership Signature Of Astronomer Ray Ndewburn Of Jpl. <br/> <br/> Aerospace And Electronics Systems Society paperback