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Viking, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Sixth Printing. fair, ex-lib.. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, weakness to fr bd, lib stamps, bds scuffed, sp worn & lib number

New York: The Viking Press, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth, red titles on front board & spine, xvi. 528 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, 85 figures, bibliography, index. Spine browned, spine ends and corners worn, bookplate on front paste-down. DJ paper browned, spine faded, edges worn and chipped, laminated by previous owner (the adhesive has caused some bleeding of the ink, giving a somewhat muddy appearance). Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944, was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions, all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. This printing adds Sputnik data to the Revised Edition. 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… Read More

Chapman & Hall Ltd London 1952. reprint, red cloth, 436pp illus, VG(v sl cocked, sl wear & scuffing to edges, sl rubbed & soiled, booksellers stamp to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges)

New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Third Printing. very good, fair. 528, illus., appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ stained and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. Revised and enlarged edition with Sputnik data.

New York: The Viking Press, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, yellow titles & decoration on front board, yellow titles spine, xii. 436 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, 64 figures, bibliography, index. 2 mm tear to head of spine, else VG, paper slightly browned, lightly rubbed. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944, was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work, of which this is the first printing, in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions, all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley gives a vivid and readable account of 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 War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 3 lbs..… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First? Edition. good, fair. 436, illus., fold-out color chart at rear, appendices, notes and tables, bibliography, index, DJ soiled, worn, small tears/chips. Small rough spot inside front flyleaf.

red thick: Chapman, 1951. Hardback. Used: Acceptable. Condition good, no dust jacket. ref ZKVQ

Paris, Amiot-Dumont, 1955.. 291 pages. 5 planches. (21x16cm). Broché. Couverture de l'éditeur. Non rogné. Notes manuscrites à l'intérieur.

New York: Viking Press, 1957. Rev. and enl. ed.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Good+ condition. Child scribbling on back endpaper and last page of index, signed-with dedication-by author on front endpaper. Signed by prev. owner on front endpaper. Otherwise, all pages clean & free of.... xv, 528 p. illus., ports., maps, tables. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. First published in 1944 under title: Rockets. Bibliography: p. 489-520. Please feel free to inquire about more photos (file name "rocketsmissiles"). POPULAR SCIENCE shelf. Previously owned by the author Wallace E. Akin.

New York: Viking Press. 1958. Revised and Enlarged Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. .

The Viking Press. Collectible - Acceptable. SIGNED! NY: The Viking Press, 1951. 8vo Hardcover. 436pp. B/W photos, text figures and tables. Signed by Crouch, with his notations to the front free endpaper. Ex-Library Copy and no dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Slightly dampstained. With usual library markings. From the library of American aeronautics author, historian and curator Tom D. Crouch. (science, space exploration, aeronautics, space travel) Inquire if you need further information.

New York: Viking Press, 1952. 4th printing. Very Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth xii + 436pp., b/w pls., text ills., appends., bibliog., index, Willy Ley was an early member of the German Rocket Society & worked with von Braun. This is a complete history of rocket development. Appendices inc. characteristics of German rockets in WW2. This is the 4th printing withadditional material, May 1952

New York, The Viking Press, 1957. 8vo. xvi,+ 528 pp.+ plates. Publ. cloth, with dustwrapper. One of several editions of this classic on the early exploaration of space. First published as ”Rockets” in 1944 it was soon expanded into ”Rockets and Space Travel” and in 1951 to the present title. This is the third printing of the 1957 edition, which is expanded with ”Sputnik Data”.Willy Ley (1906-69) became the great popularizer of the German rocketry movement in the 1920s, and was one of the founders of the important Verein für Raumschiffahrt in 1928. He moved to the United States in 1935, where he continued his work as an influential popular science writer, taking a special interest in rocketry and space flight.

Chapman and Hall, 1954. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, third printing, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which has faded to the spine & is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated in b&w and with b&w plates and a folding coloured atmosphere chart, xii + 436pp.

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Second printing. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine. Second printing. 1 vols. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 1957. 8vo. xvi, 528 pp. Numerous photo illust., text illust. Gray cloth, red lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Chesley Bonestell (slight chipping head of spine, slight sunning), still NF/VG copy. Revised edition, 3rd printing, of this excellent & popular overview of the early space age, substantially expanded here for the first time to include the rocket developments and impacts of Sputnik and the Soviet Union space program.

Embrace the spirit of discovery and let your mind wander through the pages of time. This book is more than a collection of words; it's an invitation to dream, to ponder, and to revel in the marvels of the cosmos. 🌌
First edition with additional materials. This pioneering work on astronautics, bound in blue boards, shows light wear but remains tightly bound and in good+ condition. The unclipped dust jacket exhibits minor edge rubbing, enhancing the book's collectible appeal. Includes a detailed fold-out on atmospheric data. A scarce find in this condition this volume is a treasure for enthusiasts of space travel history and early scientific predictions.