Ley Willy, First Edition (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher. 192 pages. " Non-fiction - a scientifically oriented examination of strange and unexplainable phenomena of nature." >> Nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

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1st edition. Good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing and staining to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192 p. : ill., diags., maps ; 28 cm. Subjects: General account. Polar regions. Arctic regions. Antarctic regions. 3 Kg.

hardcover. No Jacket. First Edition. Gainesville. 2017. August 2017. University Press of Florida. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Pictorial Boards. No Dustjacket As Issued. 9780813054438. 10 b/w photos. 320 pages. hardcover. keywords: Science Space Travel Biography. DESCRIPTION - Credited as the first historian of spaceflight, Willy Ley was perhaps the most important advocate of the American Space Age. From television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet to the design of Disney's 'Tomorrowland,' Ley worked behind the scenes to excite audiences about the impending future of interplanetary travel. Yet as the history of science transitioned from an open and cosmopolitan scene into a more isolated and academic field, Ley fell into obscurity, ostracized for his outdated perspectives. In the first biography to showcase Ley, Jared Buss traces the science writer's rise to prominence and eventual loss of prestige. By comparing Ley to other scientific intellectuals-including Wernher von Braun-Buss demonstrates how he led a broader crusade to educate the public while promoting a romantic appreciation of nature. 'Willy Ley has been a mystery among spaceflight historians for many years. His role as science writer, advocate, and popularizer is known to many but understood by few. This book unpacks that story.'- Roger D. Launius, coauthor of the Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration. 'Ley lit the fire of interplanetary enthusiasm in the hearts of generations of young space cadets. Long overdue, this biography conveys the complexity of Ley's career, as well as his checkered relationship with Wernher von Braun.'-Tom D. Crouch, author of Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships. 'Beautifully written. Reveals the vicissitudes of an extraordinarily interesting life.'-Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. inventory #42075 Very Good in Pictorial Boards. No Dustjacket As Issued.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D577-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 12, No. 11, Issue 116, November 1959 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - The Sirrush of the Ishtar Gate from the book Exotic Zoology by Willy Ley; The Missing Crew of the Airship L-8; Suicide! A Religious Rite by Indira; Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, ** STORIES (1) The Sirrush of the Ishtar Gate from the book Exotic Zoology by Willy Ley (2) A Dowser Named Smith by Gaston Burridge (3) Psychic Phenomena - A Mystical Chain Around The World by Marcus Bach (4) The Missing Crew of the Airship L-8 by William O. Fass (5) Suicide! A Religious Rite by Indira; ARTICLES (1); I Haunted An Orchard by Margaret C. Wilson (2) "Help Me To Be Free" by Alicia Brade (3) Legend of the "Black Christ" by Rayn Shawk (4) The Peer Was A Seer by Dr. W. E. Farbstein (5) Does Being Psychic Make Me Strange? by Louise Justice PRICE = $17; VG+ Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light blue hardcover with maroon titles on cover and spine. Covers show wear with tanning/fading to spine. Front endpaper is cut out, half title page has 30 at top in magic marker(scribbled out). 223 pages are lgihtly tanned and show some signs of reading with no markings. This is a history of guns, ammunition and warfare with line drawings and diagrams. 8vo, 223 pages and 1.5 pounds.

1st edition. Good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing and staining to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192 p. : ill., diags., maps ; 28 cm. Subjects: General account. Polar regions. Arctic regions. Antarctic regions. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good cloth copy in a somewhat edge-torn (with some loss), dust-dulled, taped and rubbed as with age dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription inside. Physical description; 184 p. ; 19 cm. Notes; Originally published : New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Subjects; Science fiction Themes Mars (Planet). Science fiction, American. Corbett, Tom (Fictitious character) Fiction. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: VG/ F. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company,Inventory # D557-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 11, No. 3, Issue 96, March 1958 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Willy Ley - Our Timetable To Space, Man Is On The Road TO The Star!, Max Miller - Mars, The Mystery Planet, Frank Edwards - EFO Sightings and Alibis ** STORIES (1) Tokyo Space Ship by Norman Sklarewitz (2) Mind-Reader Who Trapped Albertas Mad Murderer by Alan Hynd (3) Miracles At Sea by Harvey Bermax (4) Amy Castile and the Hell-Hound by Bill Wharton (5) The Disaster of the Shenandoah by Dede Smith (6) The FIve-Year-Old Father by C. Sinha Gupta;ARTICLES = (1)Our Timetable to Space by Willy Ley (2) UFO Sightings and Alibis by Frank Edwards (3) Mars- the Mystery Planet by Max B. Miller (4) Ancient Electric Battery by H. C. Goble (5) Can Supermatter Conquer Gravity? by C. F. Krafft (7) They Baptize With Fire by Francis Barton (8) Royal Jelly - Miracle Foods? by John E. Malloy; PRICE = $ 28; VG/FN ; minor wear to spine Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Evelyn Urbanowich (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, Thus; 651 clean, unmarked pages., 2 portraits as frontis., plates, a few illustrations in text; original brown cloth rubbed, owner's name on flyleaf; in mylar protective wraps.

1st edition. Good cloth copy in a somewhat edge-torn (with some loss), dust-dulled, taped and rubbed as with age dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription inside. Physical description; 184 p. ; 19 cm. Notes; Originally published : New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Subjects; Science fiction Themes Mars (Planet). Science fiction, American. Corbett, Tom (Fictitious character) Fiction. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: VG/ F. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company,Inventory # D558-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 11, No. 4, Issue 97, April 1958 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Life In Space = Willy Ley, Babylon The Magnificent, The Negative Universe; ** STORIES (1) Interview With Therese Neumann by Charles B. Harnett (2) Floating Ghost of the Arctic Sea by Paul Brock (3) The Girl Who Died Twice by Pauline Saltzman (4) Coronation of a Dead Queen by George H. Smith (5) Is My House Haunted? by Peggy Pearson; ARTICLES (1) Babylon the Magnificent by Mary Margaret Fuller (2) Life in Space by Willy Ley (3) From the Hills of the Moon by Frank Edwards (4) New Cures by Floridas Psychic Healer by D. L. Esterdahl (5) The Negative Universe by John R. Young; PRICE = $ 29; VG/FN ; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Doubleday & Company, 1967. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with ex library repairs, the endpapers professionally replaced, and stamps on the title page. Dust jacket is very good with very light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

8vo. [8], 209, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous illusts. by Louis Glanzman (some full page). Blue tweed boards, illustrated endpapers (very minor shelfwear, rubbing), w/ d.j. (couple closed tears, minor creasing), VG/VG- copy. First edition, 1st printing of No. 2 in the Tom Corbett science fiction adventure series, based on the Radio & Television series. Listing to Danger in Deep Space on half-title, Rick Brant, Stairway to Danger, No. 9 on back cover of dustjacket.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Ace 24851. First paperback publication. A near fine copy. "A rational and scientific probe of nature's unexplainable phenomena." ; Small octavo; 192 pages.

8vo. [8], 212 pp. Frntsp., numerous illusts. (some full page).Blue tweed boards, illust. endpapers (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), still VG-. First edition of No. 8, the scarce final title in the Tom Corbett science fiction adventure series, based on the Radio & Television series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. This is a near fine, unmarked, hardcover first Viking edition, third printing copy in a mylar protected DJ that has minor chipping at the edges, green spine. Photos on request.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1967 latest date at copyright page. Miasmic pictorial cover and spine design in hues of purple and black, moderate shelf wear, crease. Pages very good w/toning. Bind good. Presented here is a collection of articles from the German import Willy Ley who escaped from Germany in 1935. The writings first appeared in the periodical Galaxy. The articles are a rational and scientific probe of nature's unexplainable phenomena. Willy Ley, world--famous science reporter, lecturer, and original member of the German Society for Space Travel, tells of the astonishing facts and extraordinary events that have long baffled philosopher and scientist alike, such as: The strange planet at the bottom of the ocean; the mysterious cloud that destroyed a vast forest; the headless moon worms, and many other weird, astounding discoveries. Several diagrams and illustrations throughout. Ley would pass in 1969. Contents include: "Introduction by Robert M. Guinn, Editor of Galaxy magazine; Tribes of the Dinosaurs; The Man I Didn't Meet; King of the Rats; A Century of Fossil Man; Slow Lightning; The Moon Worm; The Wheels of Poseidon; Strange Planet Next Door; Forerunners of the Planetarium; The Nearly Always Useful 'Bean Curve'; The Early Days of the Metric System; Too Much Imagination; The Galactic Giants; Names in the Sky; The Secrets of Enoch; The Original Inventor of Recording Tape; The Accident that Didn't Happen; The Mystery Plant from Kyrene; and, The Observatory on the Moon." Printed in the U.S.A. 192 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

EA, 28x22 cm, 325 S., OKart. gut erhalten Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.

8vo. [8], 212 pp. Frontisp., numerous illusts. (some full page). Blue tweed boards, illustrated endpapers, w/ d.j. (minor chipping head of spine, edgewear), NF/VG copy. First edition of No. 7 in the Tom Corbett science fiction adventure series, based on the Radio & Television series. Listing to Sabotage on half-title, and back cover of dustjacket, 9 Rick Brant titles on rear flap of dustjacket. Illustrations are by Louis Glanzman.

8vo. [8], 209, [1] pp. Frontisp., numerous illusts. (some full page). Blue tweed boards, illust. endpapers, w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor edgewear), still NF/VG- copy, w/ former ownership markings on verso of ffep. dated March, 1954. First edition, 1st printing, of No. 5 in the Tom Corbett science fiction adventure series, based on the Radio & Television series, listing to this title on back cover, and three Tom Swift, Jr. titles on rear flap. Illustrations are by Louis Glanzman.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition NAP. L.W. Singer / Western Printing 1959 First Edition NAP Good/ Binding reinforce with light blue tape, some creasing to bright glossy plasticised cover. Previous owner's stamp inside cover, tight bright color illustrated pages. 48 pages. Fun! 3.3 ounces. Size: 7 7/8 x 6 x 1/8 inches.

8vo. 400 pp. With 16 colour plates. Quarter-red cloth over gray-coloured boards, silver lettering on spine (slight shelfwear, minor wear & bumping to corners), w/ d.j. cover art of alien races by Edd Cartier (minor chipping head & foot of spine, some creasing, couple minor closed tears, edgewear), still VG/G copy. First Gnome edition of this excellent anthology with contributions by Fredric Brown, A.E. Van Vogt, Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson, Kummer, Osborne, and others. Of particular interest are the colour plates by Edd Cartier, featuring a special story of "Interstellar Zoo" by David Kyle. Cartier (1914-2008) was a popular science fiction pulp artist whose artwork graced The Shadow, Astounding, Doc Savage, Planet Stories, and Fantastic Adventures.

Hardcover Gut. Condition: 0. ERSTE AMERIKANISCHE AUSGABE. Text Englisch. Blind-/silbergeprägter Leineneinband, Rückentitel. Sehr ordentlich. 3 Bibliothekstempeln und 1 Exlibrisstempel auf Vorsatzblatt, sowie auf Titelblatt. XVIII, 281 paginierte Seiten, 16 s/w Fototafeln, 1 Karte der Peenemünde Umgebung, keinerlei Eintragungen, insgesamt durchaus guter Zustand. +++ Text in English. First american translation. A former library copy with 3 stamps on front end-paper. XVIII, 281 p.p., 16 b/w photoplates, map of the Peenemünde area, no marks, no scribbling, altogether good condition. +++ 14,6 x 21,8 cm, 0,6 kg. +++ Stichwörter/Keywords: 2ter Weltkrieg Luftwaffe Raketen 2nd WW Rockets Weapons Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Thick 8vo. 351, [1] pp. Quarter-lavender-coloured cloth over gray, gray lettering, blind embossed decorations (minor shelfwear, rubbing, slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. cover art by Edd Cartier (slight shelfwear, very minor chipping head of spine), VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this science fiction anthology featuring an early pscyho-history story by Asimov (his tenth short story) entitled "Trends," along with adventures by Lewis Padgett, Hal Clement, L. Ron Hubbard's "When shadows fall," Manly Wade Wellman, A.E. Van Vogt, Murray Leinster, and others.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 126 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Stress Engineering; Jet-Assisted Takeoff; C-74 in full color; B-36; Air Power for Tomorrow; Dummies In! - Dummies Out! - wind tunnel research; The Curtiss Racers; Learn to Fly; Meet Your Equilibrium; The Inexhaustible Metal - Magnesium; Telemetering; Rocket Test Stands (by Willey Ley) - with photos; Li'l Cloud Sniffer; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The scarce first UK edition (first printing), considerably more uncommon than the US edition which appeared a year earlier. 8vo. xv, 253pp. A sliver of discolouration to the cloth at the head and base of the backstrip, else in fine state with edge worn pictorial dust wrapper designed by C.W.Bacon, non-price-clipped but chipped at the head of the spine panel and with several small areas of loss to the extremities and some chafing to the natural folds. This copy from the library of science fiction novelist Lionel 'Lan' Wright, with his neat signature to the half-title. An anthology of eight science fiction stories. The other contributions are by A.E.van Vogt ('Far Centaurus'), Lewis Padgett ('The Iron Standard'), Robert Moore Williams ('The Red Death of Mars'), E.M.Hull ('Competition'), Manly Wade Wellman ('Men Against the Stars') and L.Ron Hubbard ('When Shadows Fall'). Most uncommon. Originally published in the US in 1950 by Gnome Press (Martin Greenberg was the imprint's co-founder), this was the very first "theme" anthology in science fiction, with all the stories about a common idea, setting, or concept. It is of particular note for being the first bookform appearance of any of Asimov's Foundation stories ('Bridle and Saddle' subsequently appeared under the title 'The Mayors' as the third part of his celebrated novel 'Foundation'). This UK issue appeared a year later in a slightly reduced version with four of the original contributions absent and with differing dust wrapper artwork.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Woods, Rex (cover); Bonestell, Chesley; Hill, James;Macpherson, Duncan; Taylor, Alex (illustrator). First Edition. 108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels, dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada? - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil, mining, pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story, complete with timetable, of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations, eight in colour, by Chesley Bonestell (not in Schuetz); I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger (faller) beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the (yellow) 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars (battling a big truck on the highway); 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans, of Kitchener, Ontario; Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. (Regular Officer Training Plan) ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice(?); Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, June 9, 1956 - Wernher Von Braun and Willy Ley Explain How Man Will Conquer Mars Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in.