Interplanetary Flight Introduction Astronautics by Clarke Arthur Charles (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.55.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., hardcover. illustrated with frontispiece & 15 full-page plates by Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley et; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Luis Marden, National Geographic explorer who invented underwater photography. The book includes an "A" on the title and half-title page, light blue cloth boards with blue-lettered spine, illustrated very good dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front flap, sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text, 164pp., with index. Some light around edges of jacket. Blue cloth boards in excellent condition. This book came from Luis Marden's Frank Lloyd Wright House. First edition, U.S. issue (UK sheets). Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries).

Condition: Good. New York: L. Harper & Brothers, n.d. (ca. 1951). 1st edition, NAP. 12mo. viii,164pp. Illus. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket edgeworn. Owner's name on front free endpage. (astronautics, rockets, interplanetary voyages) Inquire if you need further information.