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1945ref. 600206New York: The Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 3rd Printing with additional material from the first printing eight months earlier. 14 photographic Plates 46 drawings. 295 pages. Previous owner's name and date on ffep. Blue cloth red and black titles on front and spine. Black DJ. FINE/VG. The Viking Press hardcover
1947ref. 081526013The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition hardcover published by the Viking Press 1947. Discarded library copy with stamps. Text looks free of notations/underlining. Wear to the exterior. Dust jacket has large tears and soiling. Top stain to the to edge of the text block. The Viking Press hardcover
1947ref. 000011New York: The Viking Press. 374 pages. First printing. Revised and enlarged edition of Ley's "Rockets." The book and jacket are both in nice condition with just a small owner's signature and stamp on the front endpaper. Jacket is not price-clipped. . Near Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. 1947. The Viking Press hardcover
1947ref. AERK00003New York: The Viking Press 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth black titles on spine viii 374 pp 4 ff b & w photo plates 49 figures bibliography index. Ex-library from a defunct institution. A 4 mm tear to head of spine else VG lightly rubbed. DJ extremities rubbed and slightly chipped; book & DJ covered with thick mylar. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944 was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--the present work of which this is the first printing in 1947 and Rockets Missiles and Space Travel in 1951--and went through intermediate and subsequent minor revisions and expansions all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley traces the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Thus. . VG-/VG. 22 X 15 cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
1948ref. SKU1158945The Viking Press 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York 1948; brown cloth covered boards; spine edge wear; illustrated jacket with edges and corners chipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 347 pages. The Viking Press hardcover
1951ref. ZB1350541The Viking Press 1951. third printing signed with best wishes Willy Ley at the title page; 436 pp. folding chart; hardcover lacks the jacket covers rubbed else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. The Viking Press hardcover
1957ref. 61131New York: Viking 1957. 8vo. xvi 528 pp. Numerous photo illust. text illust. Gray cloth red lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Chesley Bonestell slight chipping head of spine slight sunning still NF/VG copy. Revised edition 3rd printing of this excellent & popular overview of the early space age substantially expanded here for the first time to include the rocket developments and impacts of Sputnik and the Soviet Union space program. Viking, hardcover
1954ref. 273707United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall 1954. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback third printing octavo a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which has faded to the spine & is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated in b&w and with b&w plates and a folding coloured atmosphere chart xii 436pp. Chapman and Hall Hardcover
ref. 1568493029.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. MA03C-03065The Viking Press. Collectible - Acceptable. SIGNED! NY: The Viking Press 1951. 8vo Hardcover. 436pp. B/W photos text figures and tables. Signed by Crouch with his notations to the front free endpaper. Ex-Library Copy and no dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Slightly dampstained. With usual library markings. From the library of American aeronautics author historian and curator Tom D. Crouch. science space exploration aeronautics space travel Inquire if you need further information. The Viking Press hardcover
1957ref. 49953New York: Viking Press 1957. Revised and enlarged edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Chelsey Bonestell. Rocket development and space travel prospects. 528 pages with illustrations appendixes bibliography and index. Dust jacket illustration by Chesley Bonestell. Bookplate of George W. Earley on the front paste-down endpaper. Bound in original gray cloth with lettering in red. Near fine in very good plus bright dust jacket with several tiny tears and fade to the red lettering on the spine panel. A very handsome copy. Viking Press hardcover
1951ref. 42371New York: The Viking Press 1951. First Edition. good fair. 436 illus. fold-out color chart at rear appendices notes and tables bibliography index DJ soiled worn small tears/chips. Small rough spot inside front flyleaf. The Viking Press unknown
1968ref. GB009FO0XGII5N00Viking 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Viking hardcover
1958ref. GB002K74W5AI3N01The Viking Press 1958. Unknown. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. The Viking Press unknown
1958ref. 170510New York: Viking Press 1958. Revised and Enlarged Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. Viking Press hardcover
1951ref. 036242Viking 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951 Viking Press. Owner stamps else no other writing or marks inside. Fold-out chart is attached inside rear cover. Rear hinge is cracked but binding is solid. Cover has rubbing through to cardboard at corners. Viking hardcover
ref. 4057Viking. HBDJ 1957 528 pgs indexMinor rub & Sun VG/VG AS-IS. Viking unknown
1944ref. 060902New York: Viking 1944. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287pp. including index; HB blue w/dark blue & red; some rub w/wear on edges & corners; small stain back cover; some light tan w/clean tight pgs. DJ black w/orange & white; rubbed w/wear on edges & corners; some tan; 3x1"chip back top edge; chips & tears. " .the first popular but thoroughly scientific account of the great interplanetary dream ever published in this country . This new edition contains additional material on robot bombing planes." illus. Viking hardcover
1945ref. 013984New York NY: Viking 1945. 1945 third printing with additional material stated. Book is in fine condition with a very good light wear at corners unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information Thanks. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Viking Hardcover
1944ref. 9848New York: The Viking Press 1944. fair. 287 illus. tables notes & addenda biblio index ink name & address on title pg sl discolor ins bds bds spotted & stained. Board and spine edges worn. The Viking Press unknown
2000ref. 106688Roma: Edilazio 2000. Rilegato pelle sovracoperta leather binding dust jacket. Perfetto Mint. Storie e curiosità tra sacro e profano. Prefazione di Francesco Sisinni. Saggi di Manlio Barberito Maurizio Fagiolo Dell'Arco Claudio Strinati Carla Benocci Antonio Manfredi et al. Numerose ill. in nero e a colori tra cui 35 riproduzioni di acquerelli di Franco Zampetti. 4to. pp. 368. Perfetto Mint. . Edilazio, hardcover
1978ref. BN140527Köln Bachem 1978. 1978. Romantische Reise durch das Moseltal. Von Koblenz nach Trier. Mit Graphiken von Carl Bodmer und Texten von Johann August Klein und Christian von Stramberg. Romantische Reise durch das Moseltal. Von Koblenz nach Trier. Mit Graphiken von Carl Bodmer und Texten von Johann August Klein und Christian von Stramberg. Leson Willy Hrsg. Köln, Bachem unknown
1954ref. 156181ga3Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. Very Good. 1954. Cloth. xv 580 pp. Name and date on front flyleaf. Very good.; Small 4to . Georg Thieme Verlag hardcover
1964ref. 13688New York: Fuck You Press 1964. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. The cover is by Allen Ginsberg and the work a pamphlet of 12 staplebound pages in 3 paper colors was produced on a mimeograph in an edition of 500 copies though apparently a significant number were destroyed by the mimeo. Originally intended for inclusion in The Yage Letters it was considered so obscene it was cut by the English printers. An earlier version appeared in the journal Floating Bear 1961 before Ed Sanders printed this separate edition. Maynard & Miles A9 A handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Printed pink wraps and pink blue and white papper texkblock. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fuck You Press unknown
2020ref. F504 04132026Routledge 2020. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. clean unmarked pages clean covers good binding fast shipping Routledge paperback