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1962réf. 38405Washington DC: GPO 1962. good. 10.25" x 7.5" 10 wraps profusely illus. some soiling to rear cover top corner rear cover bent. Illustrations of Glenn's flight aboard Friendship 7 and a condensation of his remarks at the press conference three days after the flight. GPO paperback
1974réf. 12572Washington DC: GPO 1974. very good. 10" x 8" 1 print of color photograph of astronauts Donald Slayton Vance Brand and Thomas Stafford signed by commander Thomas Stafford. Explanatory caption on reverse. GPO unknown
1975réf. 42156Washington DC: ERDA 1975. Draft Edition. good. Approx. 600 wraps 2-vol. set illus. appendices covers somewhat worn soiled and some edge tears. ERDA-1542. Includes summary sheet for the Draft Environmental Statement. Volume 2 is the Appendices. This is a major assessment related to the nuclear power industry nonproliferation export control and environmental protection. It is unusual for draft documents such as this to become available as they are often destroyed when the final version is published. These drafts often have significant changes from what is finally printed and the analysis of the changes can provide an unusually clear insight into internal agency deliberations and technical and policy issues. Activities are assessed through the year 2000. ERDA paperback
réf. 13072Washington DC: GPO n.d. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
1963réf. 35413Washington DC: GPO 1963. fair to good. 24 cm 592 Appendix Vol. I only wraps illus. covers somewhat worn and soiled pencil erasure on title page. Cold War snapshot in time. GPO paperback
1976réf. 40749Washington DC: NASA 1976. good. 306 wraps illus. references covers somewhat worn and soiled spine somewhat wrinkled. Sponsored by Optical Society of America and the NASA Langley Research Center. Complete subtitle: A digest of technical papers presented at the topical meeting on Atmospheric Aerosols: Their Properties and Effects December 13-15 1976 Williamsburg Virginia. NASA paperback
1955réf. 56056Washington DC: GPO 1955. Reprint/Rev. Edition. fair to good. 498 illus. some color diagrams appendix glossary index boards somewhat worn & scuffed. This revised edition based on the 1947 edition contains some content substitutions based on major changes in medical practice. Green pages inserted before five chapters indicate passages to be updated; actual content substitutions have been made with "Standard Lists of Drugs and Chemicals For All Types of Vessels " and current regulations of the Public Health Service regarding medical care of its beneficiaries and foreign quarantine activities and the listing of the hospitals and outpatient facilities of the Public Health Service. The original edition was published in 1881. An interesting snapshot of medicine in the post-Korean War era. GPO hardcover
1962réf. 38406Washington DC: GPO 1962. good. 10.25" x 7.5" 6 wraps profusely illus. small creases in margins slight wear to covers. Illustrations of Carpenter's flight aboard Aurora 7 and a condensation of his remarks at the press conference two days after the flight. GPO paperback
1918réf. 13158Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Company 1918. fair. 379 map ftnotes refs index sm damp stains in margins no pgs stuck ink name ins fr flylf bds quite soiled sm holes spine. Board corners threadbare and slightly bumped some wear to board and spine edges. Part I covers food and the war; Part II is a laboratory manual of food selection preparation and conservation. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
1947réf. 39149n.p.: US Off/Mil Govt for Germany 1947. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 111 wraps diagrams index front cover partially separated title page torn at staples. US Off/Mil Govt for Germany paperback
1969réf. 20357Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences 1969. good. 23 85 wraps illus. diagrams. National Academy of Sciences paperback
1996réf. 24932Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce 1996. First Printing. very good. 28 cm approx. 250 wraps tables forms. U.S. Department of Commerce paperback
1945réf. 38433Washington DC: Foreign Economic Admin 1945. fair to good ex-lib. 27 cm approx. 1200 2-vol. set illus. maps some color fold-out charts some fold-out bibliography few library markings some pgs darkened. Contains a total of 32 Project Reports which also were issued separately. Classified "Restricted" on front board of Volume I. Technical Industrial Disarmament Committees were prepared to assist in the post-war governance of Germany. Topics covered include German aircraft industry German scientific research and engineering German light metals industry German petroleum industry German iron and steel industry German chemical industries German foreign trade German food self sufficiency and landed estates development of peaceful industrial activity and German transportation and communication systems. Foreign Economic Admin unknown
1993réf. 11780Greenbelt MD: NASA 1993. Preprint Edition. Wraps. good. Quarto approx. 1 000 2 vols. wraps figures tables references slight soiling to covers slight creasing to covers v.2 a few pages bent. Ink name on table of contents v.2. These two volumes contain 100 scientific papers to be presented at the symposium jointly sponsored by theAmerican Astronautical Society and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA paperback
1945réf. 43322Washington DC: Foreign Economic Admin 1945. fair to good. 27 cm approx. 1200 2-vol. set illus. maps some color fold-out charts some fold-out bibliography marginal underlining to a few pages. Some pages darkened paperclips to top margin of a few pages some scuffing to boards. Contains a total of 32 Project Reports which also were issued separately. Classified "Restricted" on front board of Volume I. Technical Industrial Disarmament Committees were prepared to assist in the post-war governance of Germany. Topics covered include German aircraft industry German scientific research and engineering German light metals industry German petroleum industry German iron and steel industry German chemical industries German foreign trade German food self sufficiency and landed estates development of peaceful industrial activity and German transportation and communication systems. Foreign Economic Admin hardcover
1978réf. 41418Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy 1978. First Edition. First Printing. good. Approx. 600 wraps 4 vols. bound as 1 illus. diagrams covers somewhat worn and soiled rear cover scuffed and wrinkled. Report no. HCP/B60830-02. Volumes 1-4 produced as a single volume bound together. The Federal Energy Administration FEA has supported a series of studies to promote the efficient use of our nation's coal and uranium resources as part of the goal to achieve U.S. energy independence. The primary objective of this phase of the work as reported here was the development of improved techniques for gathering review and analysis of information on outages and other forms of lost electrical power generation. U.S. Department of Energy paperback
1978réf. 12271Washington DC: GPO 1978. First Printing. good. 11" x 14" 160 profusely illus. many in color tables 3D viewer in pocket at rear of volume boards somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. Pictures from the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Landers as well as an account of the decade leading up to the Mars pictures by Tim Mutch leader of the Viking Lander Imaging Team. GPO hardcover
1967réf. 14348Washington DC: GPO 1967. fair to good. Quarto 266 profusely illus. in color endpaper maps appendix top corner text bent bd corners worn boards somewhat spotted & scratched. GPO hardcover
1982réf. 56847Saudi Arabia: Ministry/Defense & Aviation 1982. good. Quarto approx. 150 3-ring plastic binder with customized front and spine text 3-hole punched color illus. color figures. Slight wear and soiling to binder. In early 1981 the Saudi government requested American assistance in providing meteorological support to the Kingdom's military forces. This request was accepted. This document constitutes a visionary organizational arrangement for the Kingdom. Weather morale and logistics are three imponderables of warfare with morale and logistics significantly affected by weather. This plan considers the unique position of the Kingdom the sophisticated armaments in the region command and control requirements economy of force and responsiveness to external contingencies among other factors. The plan represents the then state of the art technology and equipment and required a military-civil mix of personnel to execute and to understand and respond to military needs. This plan was prepared by a joint Saudi and U.S. team comprised of highly-skilled professionals including a number from the U.S. Department of Defense and the military services. This plan was deemed to meet military requirements standardize the service emphasize safety and operations response and to aid in decisions affecting the rules of engagement. Ministry/Defense & Aviation unknown
1975réf. 46110Washington DC: NASA 1975. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 859 wraps illus. diagrams references covers worn and soiled slightly cocked damp staining at edges. This was prepared at Goddard Space Flight Center. The Symposium was held in Silver Spring MD and was sponsored by the Institute of Environmental Sciences The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Society for Testing and Materials and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA paperback
2002réf. 56499Washington DC: NASA 2002. very good CD-ROM's in fair to good plastic cases. 7 CD-ROM disks 7 CD-ROM disks in plastic cases--cases for disks 1 2 5 & 6 are cracked but no damage to CD-ROM's. The Nimbus 7 Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere LIMS radiance profile dataset of 1978/79 was reconditioned and reprocessed to Version 6 profiles of temperature and species that are improved significantly over those from Version 5. NASA unknown
1973réf. 40363Washington DC: GPO 1973. First Edition. First Printing. good. 373 wraps pencil erasure on front cover covers somewhat worn and soiled spine faded. This was the first time that the 25th Amendment to the Constitution was applied in the confirmation of a Vice President by the Senate. This followed the resignation of Spiro Agnew and predated the Watergate scandal and the threatened impeachment of President Richard Nixon. This confirmation ultimately resulted in the first unelected President of the United States. GPO paperback
1992réf. 47164Washington DC: NASA c. 1992. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 535 & 537 wraps 2-vol. set illus. diagrams slight wear and soiling to covers. NASA Conference Publication 3136. The Conference was held in San Jose CA and was sponsored by NASA the Technology Utilization Foundation and NASA Tech Briefs Magazine. NASA paperback
réf. 13073Washington DC: GPO n.d. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
1968réf. 19165Washington DC: GPO 1968. v.1 as is; v.2 fair to good. Quarto 2042 & 1536 2 vols. illus. figures tables charts references appendices index damp stains & wrinkling p. 1700 to end v.1. No pages stuck in v.1 rear board and spine damp stained and spotted v.1 rear board somewhat scuffed v.2 top edge rear board worn v.2 small stains to fore-edge v.1 & v.2. A collection of articles papers talks and reports generated by the scientific and engineering staff of Goddard Space Flight Center in 1965. Topics covered include astronomy and astrophysics celestial mechanics and geodesy 16 papers pp. 145-542 in v.1 solar physics ionosphere and radio physics planetology planetary atmospheres space dynamics and control systems spacecraft and subsystems sounding rockets sensors general electronics environmental testing tracking systems and telemetry and data processing. GPO unknown