Pacific Missile Range (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mrs. T. J. Richter (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition/first printing. Spiral bound softcover, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 153 pp., drawings. About good. Dedicated to The Christian Children's Fund, Inc., Richmond, Virginia. The first recipe in this book contributed by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Cold Curry Soup). One contributed by Mrs. Richard Nixon (Date Torte Ring). One contributed by Mrs. John F. Kennedy (Waffles). Modest edgewear and staining, covers; recipe for Marie Calenders Sweet Pie Crust written in ink by a previous owner on the rear cover. Scarce. (K023).

First Edition. U.S. Naval Missile Center, Authors and Editors Handbook (1961) establishes standardized authorship, formatting, and editorial control for technical reports produced at the Pacific Missile Range, documenting the internal communication systems that supported U.S. guided missile and early satellite programs during the Cold War. Issued for personnel at Point Mugu, California, the manual defines procedures for drafting, reviewing, and disseminating classified and technical material tied to weapons development, providing direct evidence of how military knowledge was structured, codified, and circulated within federal defense infrastructure. The inclusion of a contemporaneous typescript insert, History of the Pacific Missile Range (February 1961), further situates the handbook within active missile testing and space recovery operations, supporting research into Cold War science, military bureaucracy, and the integration of documentation practices into weapons development. Pacific Missile Range and U.S. Naval Missile Center. Authors and Editors Handbook. Point Mugu, CA: U.S. Naval Missile Center, 1 August 1961. First edition. Publication No. NMC-MP-61-9. Quarto format, 218 pages, with an additional 5-page typescript insert titled History of the Pacific Missile Range (February 1961) issued by the Public Affairs Office. Three-hole-punched sheets bound with cloth tape and printed card wrappers. The handbook is organized into four sections: Report Preparation, Manuscript Preparation, Language, Grammar, and Punctuation, and Matters of Style, outlining requirements for technical clarity, typographic consistency, and standardized formatting across naval missile documentation. The inserted historical report traces the establishment of the Pacific Missile Range in 1957 under William Holaday and details its expansion into "an ocean-spanning, instrumented network capable of supplying information on the launching, guidance, and impact of the nation's largest missiles and satellites." Documented events include "On 16 Dec 1958, the first REGULUS II missile was fired," and the recovery of "DISCOVERER XIII. making it the first man-made object ever recovered from orbit," providing a contemporaneous record of early U.S. missile and satellite operations. Produced during a period of rapid expansion in U.S. missile testing and space reconnaissance, the manual demonstrates how technical writing standards were integrated into military systems to ensure uniformity, precision, and reliability in the production of strategic knowledge. References to parallel guides such as Guide for Air Force Writing and Preparation of Weapon-Test Reports indicate alignment across branches of the armed services in codifying technical communication. The Pacific Missile Range functioned as a central node in Cold War weapons testing, linking launch sites, tracking stations, and recovery operations across the Pacific, and the documentation practices outlined here formed part of the operational infrastructure supporting those activities. Chipping to spine tape, light edge wear to wrappers, and faint soiling to covers; interior clean and complete, including all tables, figures, and inserted report. Overall very good condition.