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MikeC Member Posts: 18 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2009	posted 11-27-2015 02:56 PM Here is the first of several posts listing books from my collection. Shipping costs will vary depending on your location. Alway, Peter., Retro Rockets – Experimental Rockets, 1926-1941 (Saturn Press, 1996). F. $40 Alway, Peter., Rockets of the World – Third Edition (Saturn Press, 1999). F. $50 Antoniadi, E., The Planet Mercury (Keith Reid, 1974). VG/VG. Translated from French by Patrick Moore. $25 Baker, David. Spaceflight and Rocketry – A Chronology (NY: Facts On File, 1996). F/F. $45 Baker, D. The Rocket – The Development of Rocket & Missile Technology (NY: Crown, 1978). VG/VG, some scrapes to bottom edge of front cover. [50162] $110 Barr, James and William Howard, Spacecraft and Missiles of the World, 1962 (Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962). VG/VG; minor soiling. $15 [11] Barrere, M. et al. La propulsion par fusées (Paris: Dunod, 1957). In French. Stiff wraps … G ex-lib with numerous stamps and cards … cover chipped and browning … spine taped. $30 [14b] Beard R. and A. Rotherham. Space Flight and Satellite Vehicles (NY: Pitman, 1957). VG/VG … thin spots ifc and ibc. $20 Bergaust, Eric, Rockets of the Navy (Putnam’s, 1959). VG/VG. $15 Berkeley, E., Giant Brains or Machines that Think (Wiley, 1956). VG 6th printing of this important book that was one of the first to provide a popular account of the development of digital computers and their uses. $75 Bilstein, Roger. Stages to Saturn – A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles (NASA SP-4206, 1980). VG softcover. $110 [21b] Bizony, M. (ed.), The Space Encyclopedia (London: Artemis Press, 1957). VG with faded spine. $12 Bonestell, Chesley. Rocket to the Moon (Panorama, 1961). VG … contains all 32 slides and 45 rpm record in pockets as issued … lamination peeling along spine. Illustrations by Bonestell. $70 Bono and Gatland, Frontiers of Space (Macmillan, 1969). First American edition of The Pocket Encyclopedia of Spaceflight in Color. VG+/F; inscription ifc. $15
MikeC Member Posts: 18 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2009	posted 11-27-2015 03:00 PM Part two of list. Shipping costs will vary depending on your location. Bracewell, R., The Galactic Club – Intelligent Life in Outer Space (Stanford Alumni Association, 1974). VG softcover. $5 Bracewell, R., The Galactic Club – Intelligent Life in Outer Space (San Francisco, W. H. Freeman and Co., 1975). VG softcover. $5 Brown, D., Silver Tower (NY: Donald L. Fine, 1988). F/F. $10 Büdeler, W., Mars (Verlag Sebastian Lux, 1954). VG booklet. In German. $10. [31c] Burgess, E., Rocket Propulsion (London: Chapman & Hall, 1954). VG/VG 2nd edition. [50078] $25 Burgess, E., To the Red Planet (NY: Columbia University Press, 1978). G/VG ex-lib. $10 Burrough, Bryan, Dragonfly – NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir (Harper Collins, 1998). F/F 1st edition. $25 [39] Caidin, Martin. Rockets and Missiles – Past and Future (NY: McBride, 1954). VG/VG … browning to fep and rep. $20 Campbell, John, The Atomic Story (Henry Holt, 1947). VG/VG 1st edition; previous owner’s stamp. A story of the development and use of atomic energy, including a section on Making the Atomic Bomb. $30 Carr, M., Water on Mars (NY: Oxford University Press, 1996). F hardcover. $25 [104] Carter, L. (ed), The Artificial Satellite – Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Astronautics (1952). Although identified as the 2nd IAC, this was the first one at which papers were presented (the 1st IAC in Paris was an organizational meeting). It contains a summary of a paper presented for Wernher von Braun on “The Importance of Satellite Vehicles in Interplanetary Flight,” which was later made available as an offprint by the BIS. $125 [42b] Carter, L.J. (ed.), Realities of Space Travel (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1957). VG. [50011] $30 Chawdri, L., Mars and Astrology (New Delhi: Sagar Publications, 1994). Second printing. Based on Hindu Predictive Astrology. VG softcover. $5 Clark, Phillip, The Soviet Manned Space Program (Salamander Books, 1988). F/F $15
MikeC Member Posts: 18 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2009	posted 11-27-2015 04:00 PM Part three... Clarke, A.C., Rendezvous with Rama (Harcourt, Brace, Javonovich, 1972). F/F. $25 [49a] Clarke, A.C., Going Into Space (NY: Harper, 1954). VG/VG, edge tears to dj. [50086] $20 [52c] Cleator, P.E., Into Space (NY: Crowell, 1954). VG/VG- … tape remnants on tears to dj. $20 [52a] Cleator, P.E. Into Space (London: Allen & Unwin, 1953). VG/VG … foxing to edges of pages, dj soiled with small tears. $20 Cleator, P.E. Lost Languages (London, Robert Hale, 1959). VG/G … dj taped and tattered. $10 Coblentz, W. W. and C. O. Lampland, Further Radiometric Measurements and Temperature Estimates of the Planet Mars, 1926 (DC: GPO, 1927). Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, No. 553. VG wraps. $15 Cochrane, E., Martian Metamorphoses: The Planet Mars in Ancient Myth and Religion (Aeon Press, 1997). Softcover, VG. $20 Corliss, William. NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968 – A Historical Summary (NASA SP-4401, 1971). VG softcover … fold crease to cover. $30 de Vaucouleurs, G., The Planet Mars (London: Faber and Faber, 1950). VG. $12 El-Baz, F. and T. Maxwell (Eds.), Desert Landforms of Southwest Egypt: A Basis for Comparison with Mars (DC: NASA, 1982). NASA CR-3611, softcover. Inscribed by El-Baz. $40 Eisner, W., America’s Space Vehicles: A Pictorial Review (Sterling, 1962). VG/VG. $20 Engineering Research Associates, High-Speed Computing Devices (McGraw-Hill, 1950). Generally regarded as one of the first books on digital computers. Fine condition. $65 Firsoff, V., The New Face of Mars (Ian Henry Publications, 1980). VG/VG. $15 [70] Franklin Institute, Earth Satellites as Research Vehicles (Philadelphia, 1956). Journal of the Franklin Institute, Monograph No. 2. Proceedings of a symposium held April 18, 1956 at The Franklin Institute. VG wraps with marking from technical library, including catalog number on cover and card ibc. $20
MikeC Member Posts: 18 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2009	posted 11-28-2015 04:17 PM Part four... [71] Gail, Otto Willi. Mit Raketenkraft ins Weltenall (By Rocketship into the Universe) (Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1928). In German. G- with loose spine and hinges, outer spine split, pages browned. $40 [77c] Gartmann, Heinz. The Men Behind the Space Rockets (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955). British edition of Träumer, Forscher, Konstrukteure. VG/VG. $25 [77f] Gartmann, Heinz. Vlucht in de Ruimte (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1956). Dutch edition of Träumer, Forscher, Konstrukteure. In Dutch. VG/VG. Spotting, dj worn. $30 [80b] Gatland, K., Development of the Guided Missile (London: Flight, 1954). G ex-lib, contents loose. [50096] $20 Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets – The Pocket Encyclopedia of Spaceflight in Colour (London: Blandford Press, 1975). F/F. $8 Gatland, K., Manned Spacecraft (Macmillan, 1967). VG/F; The Pocket Encyclopedia of Spaceflight in Color. $20 Gatland, K., Manned Spacecraft (Macmillan, 1976). First American edition of 2nd revision. F/F. $20 Gatland, K., Spaceflight Today (Iliffe, 1963). VG ex-lib w/ usual markings, label on spine, and card pocket. $10 Glenn, John, "P.S. I listened to your heartbeat" – Letter to John Glenn (World Book Encyclopedia Science Services, 1964). F/F. $10 Goldstine, Herman, The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann (Princeton University Press, 1972). F/VG 1st edition of an informative book on the development of the digital computer. $35 Greeley, R., Planetary Landscapes (London: Allen & Unwin, 1985). F/VG. $15 Greene, V., Astronauts of Ancient Japan (Merlin Engine Works, 1978). VG softcover. $50 Grey, Jerry, Enterprise (William Morrow & Co, 1979). VG/VG 1st edition. $20 Grossinger, R., Waiting for the Martian Express – Cosmic Visitors, Earth Warriors, Luminous Dreams (Berkely, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1989). VG softcover. $5 Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Rockets and Missiles (NY: Crescent Books, 1979). F/VG. $40 Haas, W., The 1941-2 Apparition of Mars. Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Volume XXXIX, 1945. Stapled booklet. Inked note on the cover "Compliments of the author." Scuff marks to cover where it appears to have been in contact with a book. $20
MikeC Member Posts: 18 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2009	posted 11-30-2015 06:36 PM Part 5 Hart, Julian, The Mighty Thor – Missile in Readiness (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961). F/VG. 1st edition. From the collection of Frederick C. Durant. $350. Haley, Andrew. Rocketry and Space Exploration – The International Story (NY: Van Nostrand, 1958). VG+/VG … bookplate ifc … bumped corner. $50 Hanrahan, J. and D. Bushnell, Space Biology: The Human Factors in Space Flight (NY: Basic Books, 1962). 2nd printing. F/F. $12 Hohmann, W. The Attainability of Heavenly Bodies (NASA TT F-44, 1960). G+ stapled softcover, ex-NASA technical library with usual markings. This is the NASA technical translation of Hohmann's 1925 book. $80 Jonquel, O. and T. Varlet, L'Agonie de la Terre (Paris: Librarie Edgar Malfère, 1922). Softcover in cellophane wraps. In French. VG. $45 "Journal of the British Interplanetary Society," Vol. 6, No. 7, December 1947. VG+ wraps. $15 [114] Kaiser, Hans, Les Fusées: véhicules del l'avenir (Paris: Amiot-Dumont, 1954). G+ wraps (no dustwrapper) … discoloration and foxing to covers. $20 Kellogg, W. and C. Sagan, The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus: A Report by the Ad Hoc Panel on Planetary Atmospheres of the Space Science Board (DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1961). Early report prepared by Sagan. VG/VG ex-lib. $45 Koelle, H., Handbook of Astronautical Engineering (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961). VG ex-library with usual markings. Covers spotted and scuffed. Some internal markings. Marked First Edition. $75 [121] Laming, L., L'Astronautique (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1950). VG contents separated from covers. [50100] $20 Lasswitz, K., Two Planets (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1971). English translation of Auf zwei Planeten, which was first published in 1897. F/F. [50033] $65 [126] Lent, C. Rocketry – Jets and Rockets: The Science of the Reaction Motor and its Practical Application for Aircraft and Space Travel (NY: Pen-Ink Publishing, 1947). VG, water-stained cover. Lent was a draftsman and early member of the ARS who served as VP in the 1940s. $75 León, L., Los planetas en 1905 (Mexico, 1904). Pamphlet, 42 pp. with large foldout. VG with ink stamp on title page from Lick Observatory. In Spanish. $50 [129b] Leonard, J., Flight into Space (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953). VG/VG. [50102] $25 [136a] Ley, W. Rockets – The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere (NY: Viking, 1944). VG+/VG, 1st edition … small piece of dj missing at bottom of spine. [90010] $125 [136a] Ley, W., Rockets – The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere (NY: Viking, 1944). VG, 1st edition … browning and marks to spine. [50106] $45 [137a] Ley, W., Rockets and Space Travel (NY: Viking, 1948). VG 2nd printing. [50104] $65 [137a] Ley, W., Rockets and Space Travel (NY: Viking, 1948). VG+/VG 3rd printing. DJ chipped with heavy wear along edges of dj spine … book is bright and clean save for former owners name in ink on fep. $85 [140a] Ley, Willy. Rockets, Missiles & Space Travel: Revised edition with Sputnik Data (NY: Viking, 1963). VG/VG 4th printing. $25 Ley, W., The Lungfish and the Unicorn – An Excursion into Romantic Zoology (NY: Modern Press, 1941). VG/VG 1st edition of Ley's first zoological publication. Discoloration spots to cover; chipped dj. $45 Ley, W., Watchers of the Skies – An Informal History of Astronomy from Babylon to the Space Age NY: Viking Press, 1966). F/VG 3rd printing with new material. $25 Lieber, L., The Einstein Theory of Relativity (Rinehart, 1945). VG/G. A quirky and whimsical presentation of relativity, with illustrations by H. Lieber. $15 Lockyer, J., Astronomy (NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1879). Hardcover. $10 Matsunaga, S., The Mars Project (NY: Hill and Wang, 1986). First edition, inscribed by Senator Matsunaga. F/F. $35. [153] Maluquer, J., A la conquista del espacio (Barcelona: Editorial Seix Barral, 1946). VG wraps. In Spanish. $30 [156] Marbarger, J., Space Medicine (Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1951). VG softcover. [50039] $45 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Space (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1967). VG. [50150] $60

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