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Back in print in a softcover edition, Blast Off! chronicles the golden era of space toys, featuring hundreds of color photos of these beautiful and sometimes bizarre playthings, plus prototypes, original packaging and instructions, catalogs, advertisements, vintage comic-strip and pulp-magazine art, and more from every corner of the globe. An essential resource for the collector or anyone with an eye for pop culture and the love of fun! Introduction by Harlan Ellison.
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Mark Young has been collecting Golden Age space toys and researching their origins and societal impact for many years. He is particularly interested in how space toys and science fiction have influenced popular culture and actual scientific progress in space. Mark holds a joint appointment as the KPMG Foundation Professor of Accounting and as Professor of Management at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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Blast Off!: Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from the Golden Age of Space Toys
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Like New. Who could have believed that a toy robot made in Japan from scrap tin would one day fetch nearly $70,000 at a Sotheby's auction? Blast Off! chronicles the golden era of space toys, an age of imagination unbound by the more mundane realities of space travel ushered in by Sputnik and the Space Age. Containing hundreds of striking color photos of some of the most beautiful and ofttimes bizarre toys ever created -- many never before seen in print -- Blast Off! unearths the nearly lost histories of these space treasures and the companies that created them. Not limited to the presentation of these unique and fascinating playthings of the past, Blast Off! includes one-of-a-kind prototypes, original packaging and instructions, glimpses into ultra-rare Japanese robot catalogs, long-lost advertisements, vintage comic-strip and pulp-magazine art, and items of every description from every corner of the globe. Blast Off! covers extensively some of the most profound toy and space phenomena of the era, from Buck Rogers to Flash Gordon to the 'Space Opera' programs of the infancy of television to a blow-by-blow account of the greatest Tin Robot auction in history. Blast Off! is an essential resource not only for the collector, but for anyone with an appreciation of pop culture -- or just plain fun! Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Seller Inventory # 320090
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Blast Off! Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from the Golden Age of Space Toys
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2001 Book: Near Fine/, (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book: Near Fine/, $47.92 1569715769 BLAST OFF; Author`s Signed Inscription. * YOUNG, S. Mark; DUIN, Steve; RICHARDSON, Mike; ELLISON, Harlan Dark Horse Milwaukie, OR * * * * * 2001 1sT Edition, 1sT Printing Tall Wide D/j + H/c Gold To Yellow With A Maroon Tip Spine With Title In Maroon And Small Blue Letters, Dust Jacket: Near Fine/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Heavy And Large Object Was Stored On Back Of Book, Creating An Straight Line Indentation On D/j And Into Rear Cover Of Book. Hard Cover Book: Near Fine/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 249 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In Near Fine/ Condition, Clean And Tight To The Spine, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Lengthy Gift Inscription, Signe by Author, (Mark) On The ½ Title Page Using A Grey Pen, To `Kathryn & Steve`. Spine Is Tight, Corners Are Square. This Is An Original Edition, Not A Secondary Market Or More Modern RePrint. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = * * ~ Corrugated Mailing Box ~ Padded Mailing Envelope * * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The * * Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. * = No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 021454
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