Alcestis (51 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Supplements included. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1986. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant shelfwear to board edges; dust soiling to textblock top; small splash stains on textblock fore edge. DJ; Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); slight bumping to head, tail, and tips; slight rubbing to panels. Copper paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. 298 pp 8vo. The time will soon come when permanently occupied space stations are a reality. This book takes amateur spacefarers on a flight to the future where they can experience space with all its emotions, terrors, and surprises as perceived and interpreted by those who have been there. It will be shown how we have been changed as a species by space travel and will be in the future- presenting a composite portrait from the views of real space pioneers, psychologists, philosophers, engineers and biologists. A serious look at how people will conquer space and be altered by the experience. A clean very presentable copy in a brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. The dust jacket has edge wear and is rubbed and the dust jacket is in a Mylar type protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Has moderate shelf wear, highlighting, underlining and/or writing. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.…

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used, hardcover like new with original dust jacket. Sharp, square, clean & serviceable copy. No highlighting, marginalia or tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mass market sized paperback. Very clean and well preserved copy. Corners sharp, no creases.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN VERY GOOD-PLUS CONDITION.

Condition: Very Good. 298 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. ames Oberg (Red Star in Orbit, Mission to Mars, etc.) is a spaceflight engineer at Houston Mission Control; Alcestis Oberg is the author of Spacefarers of the 80s and 90s. Here they offer an engrossing and vivid account of what life is like in an earth-orbiting spacecraft. Because relatively few American space-travelers have published tales of their experiences, the Obergs lean heavily on the diaries and memoirspublished in Russia and little known hereof pioneering Soviet astronauts, notably veterans of long-term Salyut missions like Ryumin and Berezovoy. Here is the human side of life in orbit. Few readers can fail to be grippedand occasionally amusedby revelations of the immediate problems (how astronauts contend with toilets, hygiene, sleeping), their technical perils (e.g., air contamination) and the psychological hazards they face, from crewmate incompatibility to depression and homesickness for Earth. Photos. Record # 470085.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Mylar protector included. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Paperback. paperback, near fine.

Condition: fair to good, good. Second Printing. 24 cm, 298, illus., ink name inside front board, front board weak/reglued, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. A look at the possibilites of actually living in space, with an epilogue onthe Challenger disaster.

Condition: Used: Like New. Fine.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: very good, very good. First Printing. 24 cm, 298, illus., appendices, references, index, slight soiling to fore-edge and rear DJ. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. A look at the possibilites of actually living in space, with an epilogue on the Challenger disaster.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. Large, heavy book, 298 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with color-illustration of explosion in space near planet on front, white spine and back, some tiny scratches and lightly soiled on back. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 238 pages; Description: xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Astronautics. Space colonies. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography p. [229]-232. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket in very good condition. Pictures available upon request.? AP.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 238 pages; Description: xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Astronautics. Space colonies. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography p. [229]-232. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. (1st) Large, heavy book, black cloth spine and sides, dark red boards, very bright orange lettering on spine, 298 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with stunning explosion in space near planet on front, white spine and back, list of contents on back. DJ has very tiny tear at bottom front edge. Fine+DJ/Very Fine book. …

Exlibrary, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…