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1999024045New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin Putnam 1999. First Edition First Printing . Cloth/Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 305 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Indicated. As New Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed To A Usc Professor "To --- See You On Mars! R Z Sept 8 1999". <br/> <br/> Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin Putnam hardcover
1977028895National Science Foundation / Comet Halley Science Working Group 1977. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Technical Report Addressing Scientific Issues And Plans For A Projected Mission To Comet Halley Preliminary. With Many Memoranda From Astronomers In The Working Group With Original Two Page Typed Letter To The Later Head Of The Halley Watch Group At Jpl From A. Thomas Young Director Lunar And Planetary Programs Office Of Space Science Nasa. Five Copies Of The Report In Worldcat Without The Memoranda Attached Here Of Course. Also With The 9 Pp Executive Summary Illustrated Blue Card Covers Also Numbered Tm-78420. <br/> <br/> National Science Foundation / Comet Halley Science Working Group unknown
1931042391New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good . Illustrations On Every Page. 160 Pp. Blue Cloth With Yellow Cover And Spine Labels Printed In Red And Black. First Edition. Fine Book. Dust Jacket Well Preserved A Few Minute Losses A Few Short Tears On Top Edge Of Rear Panel Some Dust. <br/> <br/> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1970055479Pasadena Ca: National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute Of Technology 1970. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs Drawings. 40 Mpp. Soft Cover. First Printing. Fine. One Of The Author's Personal Copies. <br/> <br/> National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute Of Technology paperback
1997052262McGraw-Hill 1997. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xiv 332 Pp. Maroon Cloth Gilt. First Printing Of This Revised 1997 Edition. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket No Marks. <br/> <br/> McGraw-Hill hardcover
1965039061Cape Canaveral: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1965. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Nasa Photograph "Nasa S-65-26763" In White Area At Top Of Apollo 1 Astronaut Edward H White And His Wife Facing Camera And Two Media Interviewers. Inscribed "To Murphy- Thank You For The Great Coverage On 6T-4! Edward H White / To Murphy Martin With Much Appreciation For Your Cooperation On 6Ttv Pat White." Photograph Mounted On Black Card 1" Tear At Lower Corner With No Loss. <br/> <br/> National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
1930043895New York: D. Appleton And Company 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 232 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Spine And Cover Gilt. First Printing "1" On Last Page. A Fine Copy Gilt Brilliant No Rubbing Slight Darkening Along Gutter Edges Of Endpapers Pencil Name On Front Free Endpaper Robinson's Book Store Label On Rear Pastedown. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00 Just A Few Touches Of Rubbing 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel 3/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel Slight Browning To Spine And Top Edges Of Flaps. With The Publisher's Inserted Postcard For Hudson River Bracketed "Just Published" Black Printing On Yellow Paper. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton And Company hardcover
1936041758New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1936. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 316 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First American Printing With Rinehart Logo On Copyright Page. Book Fine Gilt Brilliant No Rubbing To Cloth Or Gilt No Marks. Dj With Slight Rubbing Not Price-Clipped. <br/> <br/> Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1971059258McGraw-Hill 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Xi253 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine. With Inserted Signature Page Inscribed By Robert C. Jackson Signed By Wagner And T. Claude Ryan. <br/> <br/> McGraw-Hill hardcover
1946016315Pasadena: California Institute of Technology 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Photographs and Diagrams. 165 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt With "Restricted" On Cover Copyright Page With Natiojnal Defense / Espionage Act Statement Prohibiting Unauthorized Distribution. Photographs Throughout. Description And Analysis Of Methods Used To Analyze Record And Document Field Testing Of Rockets Primarily At The Goldstone Range. A Bright Clean Unworn Unmarked Example. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology hardcover
1952059635New York: Viking Press 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11 " Tall. Xiv 147 Pp. First Edition Stated First Printing 1952. Green Cloth Stamped In Silver Thick Pages. A Bright Clean Almost Unworn Example No Marks Or Dampstaining. Dustjacket Priced $3.95 Small Chip To Head Of Spine Some Surface Loss Along Front Spine Edge And Along The Flap Folds Spine Faded But Lettering Very Clear. <br/> <br/> Viking Press 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
ria9780198758334_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Father and daughter lead the scientifically curious reader through two remarkable branches of physics quantum physics and astrophysics that dramatically changed our perception of nature. From the subatomic to the astronomical realms hardcover
1937022682New York: William K Vanderbilt / Richard K Ellis 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Full Page Photographic Plates Throughout. 137 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Edition. One Of 1000 Copies Designed By Richard Ellis And Published Under His Supervision At The Haddon Craftsmen Press And Signed By Ellis On The Colophon. Additionally With A Long Inscription By Ellis To Robert Hathaway Also Signed By Ellis And With Robert "Bob" Hathaway's Calligraphic Ownership Information On Front Pastedown. Lightly Used Book No Damage Or Fraying. Except Two Short Tears To Last Page . Dj Worn At Edges With Short Splits At Spine And Flap Folds. Richard Williamson Ellis Was Born In Washington D.C. In 1895. After Being Introduced To And Inspired By The Acclaimed Typographer Bruce Rogers Ellis Began Collecting The Books Of Master Printers As Wells As Their Letters Pamphlets Ephemera Broadsides And Proofs. In 1924 Ellis Launched His Own Press The Georgian Press Initially Located On Fifth Avenue In New York. In 1927 Ellis Moved The Georgian Press To A Renovated Barn In Westport Connecticut Where He Stayed Until 1933. Ellis Printed Some Fifty Books. Although Some Of Them Carried His Own Imprint The Majority Of Books Produced At Georgian Were Printed For Publishers And Private Collectors. At Georgian Press Ellis Became Associated With Many Of The Famous Printers Publishing Houses Bookshops And Private Collectors Of The Day Such As Cheshire House Random House Rimington And Hooper And Doubleday Doran And Company. In 1930 Ellis First Collaborated With The Limited Edition Book Club With Whom He Would Establish A Lifelong Relationship. Despite Ellis' Artistic Success And Fame At Georgian Press Financial Difficulties Exacerbated By The Depression Forced Ellis To Close His Business And Sell The Press In 1933 To George Macy Founder Of The Limited Edition Book Club And The Heritage Club. In 1935 He And His Wife Esther Moved To Camden New Jersey Where Ellis Took A Position With Haddon Craftsmen. Ellis' Time At Haddon Craftsmen Ended In 1942. From 1942 To 1944 He Worked For Kingsport Press In Kingsport Tennessee. In 1945 Ellis Moved To New York As A Consulting Book Printer. Ellis Worked At Curtis Publishing In Philadelphia From 1947 To 1956 Working On The Firm's Popular Magazines The Saturday Evening Post Ladies' Home Journal Country Gentlemen Jack And Jill And Holiday. After Leaving Curtis Ellis Once Again Struck Out On His Own. Ellis' Final Work Was Commissioned By The Free Library Of Philadelphia And Was Completed While Ellis Was In His Eighties: Pennsylvania German Fraktur Of The Free Library Of Philadelphia. Publication Of The Book Marked The End Of A Sixty-Year Career In Book Designing And Printing. During His Lengthy Career Ellis Gained Recognition Amongst His New York And Philadelphia Colleagues As A Master Of Fine Printing. Ellis Died On October 9 1982 In Philadelphia. <br/> <br/> William K Vanderbilt / Richard K Ellis hardcover
2001ML001Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001 Shiny blue hardcover likely issued without jacket illustrated cover. Light general wear spine a little faded. xix 582 pages. Collects 37 articles and 11 poster papers on binary stars. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6½" by 9½". Kluwer Academic Publishers hardcover
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
1914028976New York: The Century Co. 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 413 Pp. Green Cloth Ribbed Gilt Lettering On Spine. Pointed Intelligent Commentary On The Evolution Of American Politics Particularly Focused On The Revolution Events Leading To The Civil War And Reconstruction - As War Slavery And Expansion Were So Central To American Politics; Good Index No References But Well-Grounded In The Details Of American History. "Unquestionably We Won The Revolution Because The English Did Not Push The War In 1775 And 1776. The King The Ministers And The Educated Classes Were Firmly Convinced That The Movement Was The Work Of A Small Faction." Covers Immaculate Gilt All Present And Clear But Not Brilliant Hinges Tight No Stains Or Other Damage Very Small Ink Inscription At Top Of Front Free Endpaper No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia Roland G. Usher 1880- 1957 Was A Professor Of History Active In The Twentieth Century. He Had Gained His Doctorate And Been Appointed Instructor In History At Washington University By 1910. By 1915 Usher Was Appointed Professor Of History At Washington University. <br/> <br/> The Century Co. hardcover
1954057392New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 289 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Printing. Analysis And Formulas Throughout. Light Wear Lettering Bright No Fraying. "Engineering Cybernetics" Was A Groundbreaking Work Applying Principles Of Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics To Problems Of Engineering Particularly Aeronautics. The Only Book Published By This Author In The Us. During The 1940'S Qian Was One Of The Founders Of The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Including Early Experiments In The Arroyo Seco. During The Second Red Scare Of The 1950S The United States Government Accused Qian Of Having Communist Sympathies As He Was Providing Chinese Contacts With Scientific Technical Information And He Was Stripped Of His Security Clearance In 1950. Qian Then Decided To Return To China But Instead Was Detained At Terminal Island Near Los Angeles. After Spending 5 Years Under Virtual House Arrest Qian Was Released In 1955 In Exchange For The Repatriation Of American Pilots Captured During The Korean War. Notified By U.S. Authorities That He Was Free To Go Qian Immediately Arranged His Departure Leaving For China In September 1955 On The Passenger Liner Ss President Cleveland Of American President Lines Via Hong Kong. He Returned To Lead The Chinese Rocket Program And Became Known As The "Father Of Chinese Rocketry" Or "King Of Rocketry". He Is The Cousin Of The Mechanical Engineer Hsue-Chu Tsien And His Nephew Is The 2008 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Winner Roger Y. Tsien. Asteroid 3763 Qianxuesen And The Ill-Fated Space Ship Tsien In The Science Fiction Novel "2010: Odyssey Two" Are Named After Him. A Near Fine Book.No Marks. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1980036485Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. First Printing 1980 Date On Title And Copyright Pages No Additional Printing Indicated. In First Issue Dust Jacket Price Clipped Walker Percy Review On Back Panel No Sun Times Review. Near Fine Book Slight Bumping At Bottom Of Spine Some Rubbing At Part Of Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine With 1/32" Pull Tear At Top Of Spine. Ownership Signature Of The Father Of A Friend Of Toole's Who Brought Toole Over To His Home. Dj With Wear And Minute Losses At Corners A 7/8" Long Up To 1/4" Deep Chip At Top Of Spine. <br/> <br/> Louisiana State University Press hardcover
1944053307New York: Duell Sloan And Pearce 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good /Good. X 278 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Map Endpapers. First Edition No Printing Stated. Stories Non-Fiction. Book Lightly Used; Inscription And Bookplate. Dust Jacket Price Clipped Wear Dust To Rear Panel Browned Small Losses At Edges. <br/> <br/> Duell, Sloan And Pearce hardcover
1920042796Philadelphia: George H. Doran 1920. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Maps Diagrams Photographs. 540 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In Black. First Edition. Authorized History Author Given Access To All War Department Maps Etc. Theodore Roosevelt's Pre-Publication Comment: "For A Correct And Readable Statement Of The Work In Europe I Know Of No Other Book That I Consider Better Than Yours." Book Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket With Browning 1" Chip At Base Of Spine Removing The Publisher's Name Small Losses At Corners. Small 1920 Illustrated Bookstore Label Of "The Satyr Book Shop" Hollywood On Rear Pastedown. <br/> <br/> George H. Doran hardcover
1966022311Washington: AAS Science and Tecjhnology Series / American Astronautical Society 1966. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine/No DJ. 127 Pp. With Footnote Reference To Winnie-The-Pooh On Last Page Of Text. Green Cloth. First Edition. One Of Ms. Thomas's Personal Copies A Gift To A Friend Although Not Marked As Such. <br/> <br/> AAS Science and Tecjhnology Series / American Astronautical Society hardcover
1986AME_9780897663359New York Academy of Sciences 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. New York Academy of Sciences hardcover
1986DBS-9780897663359New York Academy 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New. New York Academy hardcover
1986DBS-9780897663359New York Academy 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New. New York Academy hardcover