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William Morrow and Company, 1957. Dark blue hardcover binding has illustration in red white and blue of missile launching. Red titles on spine. Clean and tight interior. 256 pages with index.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Rockets, Missiles, and Moons by Charles Coombs - 1957
by Charles Coombs
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Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
by Charles Coombs
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New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 256 pages with intertextual black and white photographic illustration, illustrated blue cloth. A very good, clean neat hard cover with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed, with the previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. In a good, edge worn dust jacket with chipping at theedges of the folds, and with the original price..
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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- Format/Binding Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards
- Book Condition Used - Very Good/Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication New York, New York
- Date Published 1957
- Keywords Scientific History; Aerospace; Astronomy; Astronautics; Science; Technology; Aeronautics; History
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ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS
by Coombs, charles
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- very good
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
by Coombs, Charles
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Arcata, California, United States
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William Morrow, 1957. Hardcover. Poor. Photos. A look back with this readable copy. Worn edges and corners. Ex libris. Stamps and stickers. Slightly loose spine on back cover. Great photos throughout.
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ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND MOONS
by Coombs, Charles
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good +
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- Very Good -
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- Hardcover
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: William Morrow & Co., 1957. 1957, 256pp, illus., blue cloth w/ red & white rocket illus., light shelfwear to cover, gift note to fronty free ep, small piece torn nearly off at top of spine, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -.
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Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
by Coombs, Charles
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- Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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New York: William Morrow and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with just the teensiest bit of wear at a couple of corners, and a small light stain at the bottom of the rear cover; the jacket is similarly nice, with just some minor wear to the edges and extremities and a couple of tiny brown stains at the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A "state of the technology" report on the early development and growth of the nascent U.S. space program, published just a couple of weeks before the USSR's launch of Sputnik, which brought new urgency to the Americans' efforts by kicking off the so-called "Space Race." (NASA was officially created the following July and began operations in October.) Most of the book is focused on American efforts to put unmanned satellites (the "moons" of the title) into orbit, although the final chapter does engage in a little speculation about possible future…
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