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Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. No edition remarks. 190 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Books has a backward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Atlas; the Story of a Missile by Chapman, John L - 1960
by Chapman, John L
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Atlas; the Story of a Missile
by Chapman, John L
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New York; (1960): Harper & Brothers, 1960. Octavo. 190 pages, index. illustrated with 24 half-tones and 4 line drawings. Once the Soviets successfully launched an ICBM in August of 1957, the many in the government and in the Press asked: How could the United States be behind in the race into space. President Eisenhower's Christmas broadcast in 1958 announced an all out effort to develop the most advanced missile system. The Atlas missile both developed a powerful system to launch weapons but it became the missile to put the first of the astronauts into orbit in Project Mercury. One of the first books to deal with one of the greatest advances in space science. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over light green cloth stamped in blind, spine lettering silver, near fine very nice unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light wear to spine ends.
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- Publisher Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication New York; (1960)
- Date Published 1960
- Keywords Project Mercury; International Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICLMB); Convair-Astrodynamics
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Atlas: The Story Of A Missile
by John L. Chapman
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Atlas
by Chapman, John L
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- 9781583012703 / 1583012702
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HOPKINS, Minnesota, United States
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1960 1st ED signed/inscribed by author, HC+DJ not clipped, moderate wear, clean text, no marks.
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Atlas : The Story of a Missile
by Chapman, John L
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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London: Gollancz, 1960. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 190pp., b/w plates, index, Account of the development of the first successful US rocket
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Atlas: The Story of a Missile [SIGNED]
by Chapman, John L
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960 190 pp. HB w/DJ. Inscribed and dated on ffep. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, f.e. deckled; light stains to feps. Cover: green with black spine, blindstamped title to front, silver titles stamped to spine, light shelfwear to corners, spine heel and head. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, b/w photo w green and red titles to front and spine, white w/ b/w photos and black text to back; moderately worn to usual edges and points, 1" closed tear to small chips to front top and front heel, head of spine ragged.
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ATLAS: THE STORY OF A MISSILE
by Chapman, John L
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1960. 42 b/w plates. 190 pages, clean and clear. Clean white endpapers. Blue cloth quarter bound, with silver titles. Light wear to the head and tail of the spine. B/w photograph on the DJ with red and green titles. Light wear along the edges, small chips. VG+/VG+.
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