Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1955
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.59
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketOriginal Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First UK edition. Translated from German by Eustace Wareing and Michael Glenny. Boards are clean and bright. The tops of the page edges are a little dusty and the edges are a little browned. 'Weidenfeld Library' stamped to the front free endpaper and the pages are a little browned but otherwise unmarked. The jacket has chipping and tearing with some loss at the top of the spine and a patch of label residue just above the publishers' name at the bottom where a label has been removed. Browning and a little discolouration to the rear panel. Light chipping to the corners with a half-inch closed tear to the top right corner of the front panel and another to the bottom left corner of the rear panel. First printing.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1955
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: very good, poor. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 185, illus., DJ worn with large tears. Covers pioneers such as Ganswindt, Tsiolkovski, Goddard, and Hermann Oberth. Contains black and white photographs of early rockets and the individuals involved.