Rockets Space Dawn Interplanetary Travel by Cleator Philip (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First British edition ,First Printing ,Complete with 22 plates and 21 figures in the text ,Pages clean and bright ,Some very light spotting throughout ,Original Publisher's grey cloth ,Some toning to spine ,Dust jacket is unclipped with rubbing to corners and some creasing.Some loss to spine.Rare copy in dust jacket. 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.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9 [10] 11-13 [14] 15-246 [247-248: blank], 22 plates, 21 figures in the text, publisher's pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red. First edition. "Speculates on the possibilities of space flight on the basis of the results of liquid-fuel rocket tests by the German and American rocket societies of the early 1930s. This work is Great Britain's earliest book on space flight, written by the founder and first president of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) in 1933" (Pisano and Lewis). ". the only good prewar book on astronautics to be published in England" (Interlibrum). This edition includes a number of illustrations which differ from those in the 1936 U.S. edition. Ciancone 51. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 491. Interlibrum 270 #55. Pisano and Lewis 1193. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light wear along top and bottom edges and internal tape mends to same. The jacket is rarely found in any condition. (#160308).