ROCKETS, MISSILES AND SPACE TRAVEL
by Ley, Willy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1957. Revised and enlarged edition. . Hardcover. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49953
- Title
- ROCKETS, MISSILES AND SPACE TRAVEL
- Author
- Ley, Willy
- Illustrator
- Chelsey Bonestell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and enlarged edition.
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- space, rockets, missles,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Various;
Terms of Sale
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Paste-down
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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