Across Space Frontier (40 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 132 pages. 8.35x0.39x11.73 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. "Copyright 1952 by the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Published by the Viking Press in September 1952 Published on the Same Day in the Dominion of Canada by the MacMillan Company of Canada Limited." Green cloth boards and spine with wear, soil, areas of discoloration, edgewear. Red ink line to front panel and spine. Spine in like condition. Extremities/ joints with wear, tearing and creasing. Corners with wear, tearing. Previous owner's inscription to front end paper verso. Spotting to bottom turn-in on front interior board. Chipping to bottom edge of last end paper and pastedown. Internally unmarked. DJ, poor, edge wear, tearing, chipping, creasing, 3 inch split starting from front top joint and running along fold, some paper loss.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows minor wear, there are several cuts along the top edge of the front cover. There is also a 4 inch tear to the upper edge of the back cover and a 1/2 inch x 1 inch chip missing out of the upper right corner and a 1/2 inch chip missing from the upper left corner of the back cover, jacket is mostly complete, protected by an archival cover and in VG condition. Pages shows light toning and features colored illustrations throughout. Otherwise a clean, solid, unmarked copy in VG condition. See photos.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

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

Condition: NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Octavo hardback, no d/j, original red cloth binding, some staining to the boards, some rubbing to the corners and the spine, some foxing to the back free end papers and the text block edges, text clean and unmarked. 1953 Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good copy with minor shelfwear and mild bumping to lower corners of cover. Dust jacket with a few small tears/chunks missing and chipping to corners and ends of spine -- protected in Brodart covering.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition first printing in price intact ($3.95) jacket now in mylar. Book is clean tight and unmarked Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: good+. Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, Rolf Klep (illustrator). 1st ed. Authors include Wernher von Braun, Heinz Haber, Willy Ley, Oscar Schachter, & Fred L. Whipple. 10-5/8" tall; 147pp including index; color il'd endpages; full-color & b/w photos, drawings, charts; turquoise cover with silver lettering & decoration is a bit worn at extrems; prev. owner's bookplate on half title page; dust jacket is worn at extrems with a chip top of spine, is in new clear protective mylar. Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing (June 1953). Published by Viking Press, 1952. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is good with heavy previous owner underlining throughout. All illustrated plates included. No dust jacket. A nice copy of this vintage science fiction title with illustrations by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. First Edition. First Printing. Good in worn and torn dust jacket. Used with wear but is still in solid reading condition. NO markings to text.

Hardcover. Quarto, xiv, 147 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is black with red print. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$3.95". Boards in blue cloth, illustration in silver print on front panel. Wear to spine caps and corners, mottled spotting to edges. Text block has spotting to edges, name in ink on front flyleaf, slight amount of penciled underlining. Illustrated: color plates, b&w text drawings. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1396176. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. 4to. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st edition. Boards are bound in green leather with bumped edges and peeling corners. Silver illustrations on front board. Spine is uncreased with bumped and peeling edges. Silver lettering bold. Text block is square with foxed edges. Binding is intact. 147p. Pictorial end pages remain vibrant. Interior is unmarked with thick matte pages including colored illustrations through out. Aged Dust Jacket is fragile with chipped and torn edges on top and bottom edges. Hinges are rubbed and torn. Dust Jacket is protected in mylar with straight edges and pointed corners.

hardback, 4to, 147pp, illustrated by Chesley Bonestell and others, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good condition in Fair dustwrapper. wrapper torn with some loss on front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Book has a little edge wear and a little discoloring. Dust jacket has some tears on the edges and a little bit of fading. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Edited by Cornelius Ryan with contributions from Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley, Dr. Fred L. Whipple, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Dr. Heinz Haber, and Oscar Schacter. With full-color illustrations by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, and Rolf Klep. Very Good in a Good dust jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally soiled, bumped and with some chips and tape repairs at the top edge. Green cloth, unevenly toned, with silver gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the half-title, clean otherwise. Advertised as "an accurate blueprint, prepared by some of the best scientific minds in the country, of how man can, within the short period of ten to fifteen years, reach beyond the atmosphere and establish a space station.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by Willy Ley at page 98, at the beginning of his contribution 'A Station in Space.' Short inscription from previous owner at verso of FFEP, reading: 'at 2:17 (MDT) today man landed on the moon,' with the owner's name, and dated 7-20-69. Green cloth with silver titles and decoration, light soil, light rubbing to edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Lacking the jacket. Short closed tear in fore-edge margin of pages 35-50, without impact on text. Pages bright, excepting the short owner note and Ley's signature as described above, the interior is clean and unmarked. Signed.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In Good, mylar wrapped dust jacket with full-colour illustration (not price clipped). Quarto. Green boards with silver lettering on spine; Silver illustration on front board. Full-colour illustrations on endpapers. Top edge of textblock is tinted red. Contains b/w and coloured illustrations throughout. Across the Space Frontier: Dr. Wernher Von Braun, Willy Ley, Dr. Fred L. Whipple, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Dr. Heinz Haber, Oscar Schachter and edited by Cornelius Ryan. With full-colour illustrations by Chesley Bonestall, Fred Freeman, Rolf Klep.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Viking Press, New York, NY 1952. First Edition. 1st Printing. 147 pages. Nice Firm copy ! Jacket tape reinforced. Previous owner name. Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Contents: Introduction. This Side of Infinity. Prelude to Space Travel. Can We Survive in Space? A Station in Space. Who Owns the Universe? The Heavens Open. Index. Science/Nature::Astronomy Science/Nature::Physics Engineering 5975L.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1952, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped, Small tear to top of dust jacket spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. * AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES * FIRST EDITION, as stated. 1952. (ie First British Edition, coinciding with American ). 4to; red boards, gilt lettering to spine - predominantly square and tidy, darkening a little with age, corners very slightly indeed bumped. pp : xiv + 147. Some minor foxing to fore-edge and first and last few pages, nothing of note - the text is mercifully foxing-free. The illustrated eps and other colour pictures bright and clear. A very small name to Half-Title page top, otherwise no markings or inscriptions and minimal evidence of use. In unclipped dustwrapper (21s net), which is predominantly clean, bright and complete, but with numerous small nicks and creases which have been repaired/supported with white adhesive labels verso (no selotape!). Now protected with clear, removable sleeve, and making this a very presentable used copy. To quote Sir Harold Spencer Jones, The Astronomer Royal, from his Foreword : " To conquer space would be an achievement surpassing anything that man has yet accomplished : the greater therefore is the challenge. There are those who are prepared to accept the challenge, and who can say that they will not succeed? This book shows that their faith is not mere idle fancy but that there are solid grounds for believing that sooner or later success will be theirs." FREE P&P IN UK. Non-UK buyers quoted additional Shipping cost before purchase. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Green cloth over boards with silver titling to spine and silver space illustrations to front board. Light soiling to fore edge of half-title page after introduction. Light tanning to edges of title page. Decorative endpages have pencil marking to rear pastedown, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly sunned and foxed. Boards have light sunning to top edge and lower edge, and light bumping and rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has scattered scuffing from shelf wear, chip to top edge of rear cover, closed tear to top edge or front cover, and two closed tears to lower edge of front cover and to top edge of rear cover; moderate creasing, chipping, and closed tears to corners and ends of spine. Top corner cut at front flap, and sunning to spine. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.