Edited by Cornelius Ryan (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, edited by Cornelius Ryan and featuring contributions by Werner von Braun, Willy Ley, Fred L. Whipple, Joseph Kaplan, Heinz Haber, and Oscar Schachter. Published at the dawn of the Space Age, this volume brought together many of the era's leading rocket scientists and science writers in a compelling vision of humanity's future beyond Earth. Profusely illustrated throughout—including Chesley Bonestell's celebrated paintings that helped define the public's imagination of space exploration—it remains one of the most influential and visually striking works of popular space literature of the 1950s. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Publisher's original green cloth, stamped in silver; pp. 147, illustrated throughout. A very good copy in a good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, light shelfwear and sunning to boards. Owner's name to half-title, else internally clean with a closed tear to the last two pages. Jacket shows general wear with tape reinforcements. Presents well in archival mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xiv, 147 Pp. First Edition, Stated First Printing (1952). Green Cloth Stamped In Silver, Thick Pages. A Bright, Clean, Almost Unworn Example, No Marks Or Dampstaining. Dustjacket Priced $3.95, Small Chip To Head Of Spine, Some Surface Loss Along Front Spine Edge And Along The Flap Folds, Spine Faded But Lettering Very Clear.…