Search Results: rockets the future of travel beyond by willy ley

Viking Press. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Clipping of dj panel taped to half title verso. Writing inside. (Rocketry, Astronautics, Space Flight)

The Viking Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Orange cloth cover with blue lettering; DJ . is not price clipped, has edge chips, in protective sleeve; No marks or . writing, clean tight binding;. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 374 pages .

The Viking Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Blue cloth cover with red/blue lettering; . minor bumping on spine edges; DJ has edge chips in protective sleeve; No . marks or writing, clean tight binding;. 1945. Third Printing. Hardcover. 295 pages .

New 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, 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.

New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, this classic was originally published as "Rockets" in 1944, this is the first printing of the revised edition with the extended title, the book is almost pristine with two minor flaws: some softening to the spine-ends and mild tanning to the outer edge of the pages, the orange cloth is as bright as new, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has edge-wear and scuffing, it features a nice photo of the author on the front flap, the original price (3.75) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, also includes a photo section at the front of the book and many diagrams throughout .

UsedAcceptable. Ex-library book from harvard. Minor wear/discoloration on cover, some creasing on pages, but pages are in great reading condition overall!

New 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… Read More

The Viking Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. The Viking Press 1945 reprint. Pages clean and bright, inscription and bookplate on first page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, corners clipped.

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. 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.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.