New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. Hardcover. Ex library stamps (NASA MSC Technical Library, Manned Spacecraft Center, Library of Congress) to front free end paper, title page, contents page, bottom and top edges of text block, back end paper. Ex library label to spine. Heavy discoloration to cloth at spine. Moderate rubbing to head and foot of spine, edges, and outer corners of boards. Bottom outer corners of boards gently bumped. Markings in ink to dedication page and content page. Tape to middle of pages 257-272. Else pages clean and binding tight. Good.. Hardcover small quarto in green cloth boards. 431 pages illustrations, map, diagrams, tables 23 cm. British Interplanetary Society. Manned space flight. Rockets (Aeronautics). Space flight.

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Seller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 89488
Title: Realities of Space Travel; selected papers
Author: Carter, Leonard J. (ed.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Ex library stamps (NASA MSC Technical Library, Manned Spacecraft Center, Library of Congress) to front free end paper, title pag
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1957
Bookseller catalogs: Astronomy;

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...