Project Moonbase by Heinlein Robert (15 results)

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Hardcover. First Edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Signed by the author of the introduction and the illustrator on the limitation page. Introduction by John Scalzi. Illustrations by Bob Eggleton. Includes a screenplay, eleven finished teleplays and two story outlines for a projected television show. A bright, fine copy in fine dustjacket in the publisher's sleeve. ; Octavo; Signed by Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2008. 544 pgs. Signed by John Scalzi ( Introduction) and Bob Eggleton (Illustrator) on the limitation page. Copy #531 of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Project Moonbase contains the screenplay for the now classic sf film, plus eleven finished teleplays and two story outlines for a projected television show, The World Beyond. In addition to original tales (the story outlines "Home Sweet Home" and "The Tourist") Project Moonbase also contains teleplay adaptations of such RAH classics as "Delilah and the Space Rigger" "And He Built a Crooked House" and much more. ; 6.2 X 2 X 9 inches; 546 pages.…

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited/Lettered. One of 26 deluxe bound lettered copies. As new in matching traycase. Signed by John Scalzi and Bob Eggleton. Signed by Author.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Reproduction Of Photograph Montage Used For Central Concept In "Project Moonbase", Written By Seaman And Heinlein. The Film Was Made In Ten Days, Including Use Of Same Sets For Another Film Shot Simultaneously. Often Criticized As A Film, But Mostly By People Who Couldn't Build A Radio Today Let Alone A Space Station In 1953. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. 17" X 11". Jacque Fresco (1916 - 2017) Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught, He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing] And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz, To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500,000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco, 32 Years Old At The Time, Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived, Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass, It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S, Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures, And Taught Technical Design, Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period, Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955, Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami, Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961, With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise, Fresco Collaborated On A Project, Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components, Partitions, And Aluminum, It Sold For $2,950, Or $7,500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period, Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr., And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book, A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering", A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members.] He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus, Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco, With Meadows, Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing, Industrial Engineering, Conventional Architectural Modeling, And Invention Consultations. In 2002, Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006, William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco, Future By Design.In 2008, Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph, Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012, The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives.…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 17" X 1". Reproduction Of Photograph Montage Used For Central Concept In "Project Moonbase", Written By Seaman And Heinlein. The Film Was Made In Ten Days, Including Use Of Same Sets For Another Film Shot Simultaneously. Often Criticized As A Film, But Mostly By People Who Couldn't Build A Radio Today Let Alone A Space Station In 1953. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. Jacque Fresco (1916 - 2017) Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught, He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing] And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz, To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500,000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco, 32 Years Old At The Time, Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived, Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass, It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S, Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures, And Taught Technical Design, Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period, Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955, Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami, Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961, With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise, Fresco Collaborated On A Project, Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components, Partitions, And Aluminum, It Sold For $2,950, Or $7,500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period, Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr., And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book, A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering", A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members.] He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus, Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco, With Meadows, Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing, Industrial Engineering, Conventional Architectural Modeling, And Invention Consultations. In 2002, Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006, William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco, Future By Design.In 2008, Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph, Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012, The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives.…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Original Photograph. Photograph Of Space Ship With Starry Background, 13 5/8" X 10 5/8", As Used In The Moviewith Color Plate Of An Illustration By Emsh Pasted Below. Fresco's File Copy, With His "Jf" Label To Right On Mat, With His Card At "Scientific Research Laboratories Attached On Rear. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. The Movie Was The Best Visual Projection Of Actual Space Travel Made Up To The 1953 Issue Date; Although Criticized As A"Movie", Still The Best To That Date. Jacque Fresco (1916 - 2017) Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught, He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing] And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz, To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500,000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco, 32 Years Old At The Time, Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived, Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass, It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S, Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures, And Taught Technical Design, Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period, Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955, Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami, Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961, With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise, Fresco Collaborated On A Project, Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components, Partitions, And Aluminum, It Sold For $2,950, Or $7,500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period, Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr., And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book, A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering", A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members.] He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus, Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco, With Meadows, Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing, Industrial Engineering, Conventional Architectural Modeling, And Invention Consultations. In 2002, Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006, William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco, Future By Design.In 2008, Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph, Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012, The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives.…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Original Photograph. Photograph Of Space Ship With Starry Background,13 1/2" X 10 1/2", As Used In The Movie. Fresco's File Copy, With His "Jf" Label To Right On Mat, With His Card At "Scientific Research Laboratories Attached On Rear. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. The Movie Was The Best Visual Projection Of Actual Space Travel Made Up To The 1953 Issue Date; Although Criticized As A"Movie", Still The Best To That Date. Jacque Fresco (1916 - 2017) Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught, He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing] And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz, To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500,000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco, 32 Years Old At The Time, Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived, Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass, It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S, Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures, And Taught Technical Design, Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period, Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955, Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami, Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961, With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise, Fresco Collaborated On A Project, Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components, Partitions, And Aluminum, It Sold For $2,950, Or $7,500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period, Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr., And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book, A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering", A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members.] He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus, Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco, With Meadows, Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing, Industrial Engineering, Conventional Architectural Modeling, And Invention Consultations. In 2002, Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006, William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco, Future By Design.In 2008, Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph, Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012, The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9.25 x 6.25", mauve cloth, 546pp, upper forecorners of covers lightly bumped, some light spotting and wear to foredge of textblock, in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES (this is #607), SIGNED BY BOB EGGLETON (who designed the dustjacket) AND JOHN CALZI (who wrote the introduction). A good, used copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9.25 x 6.5", cloth, 546pp, spine ends lightly bumped, with a "Book Crossing" bookplate taped inside front cover, else a nice, clean copy in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION THUS. "Special Signed Edition", SIGNED BY BOB EGGLETON (the illustrator of the dustjacket) AND JOHN SCALZI (who wrote the introduction) ON A SPECIAL LIMITATION PAGE TIPPED IN AT THE FRONT.…

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author (of the introduction) John Scalzi and illustrator Bob Eggleton. Original lilac cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Bob Eggleton illustrated dustwrapper. With two full page colour illustrations by Bob Eggleton. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, there is a little light spotting to the closed text-block edge, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which has a tiny closed tear to the foot of the front flap fold, remaining without fading or loss. Not price-clipped ($75 on the front flap). Issued in an edition of 750 numbered copies, of which this example is numbered '440' and signed by Bob Eggleton and John Scalzi on the limitation page. This volume contains the screenplay for the now classic science-fiction film, plus eleven finished teleplays and two story outlines for a projected television show, 'The World Beyond'. In addition to original tales (the story outlines "Home Sweet Home" and "The Tourist") Project Moonbase also contains teleplay adaptations of Heinlein classics such as 'Delilah and the Space Rigger', 'And He Built a Crooked House' and others. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. dj. Limited Edition, Unnumbered/750. Octavo, 546 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light purple cloth. Spine has silver lettering. Text block is clean. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrator Bob Eggleton, and John Scalzi, who wrote the introduction. An unnumbered copy from an edition of 750. Shelved in Case 4. 1416222. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.…

First edition. Octavo, imitation leather. One of 26 lettered copies signed by John Scalzi, writer of the introduction and by Bob Eggleton, artist. This is copy "D". Contains the screenplay for "Project Moonbase" (1953), which was originally to be a pilot for a science fiction anthology television series but the producer rushed it into production as a cheaply made feature film. The volume also includes eleven teleplays and two story outlines, all originally slated for the television series. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and traycase. (Note: heavy volume, extra postage may be required). (35162).…

First edition, first printing. Limited edition, lettered issue, one of 26 copies. Signed by the author (of the introduction) John Scalzi and illustrator Bob Eggleton. Publisher's original black faux 'leather' with metallic red titles to the spine, in the Bob Eggleton illustrated dustwrapper. Publisher's black cloth solander case. With two full page colour illustrations by Bob Eggleton. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears and housed in the fine folding tray case, as issued. Issued in an edition of 26 lettered copies, of which this example is lettered 'I' and signed by Bob Eggleton and John Scalzi on the limitation page. This volume contains the screenplay for the now classic science-fiction film, plus eleven finished teleplays and two story outlines for a projected television show, 'The World Beyond'. In addition to original tales (the story outlines "Home Sweet Home" and "The Tourist") Project Moonbase also contains teleplay adaptations of Heinlein classics such as 'Delilah and the Space Rigger', 'And He Built a Crooked House' and others. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is the lettered edition of Project Moonbase and Others original stories by Robert A. Heinlein it is signed by the artis and author of the introduction it was limited to 26 copy's done it comes in a custome trey case. Bob Eagleton (illustrator).…