Space
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Rocket Boys
by Homer Hickam
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
A Brief History Of Time
by Stephen W Hawking
A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991. Unlike the book, the documentary is primarily a biography of Stephen Hawking.
Rocket Boys
by Homer H, Jr Hickam
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
John Glenn
by John Glenn
John Glenn has spent most of his life in public service, as a distinguished U.S. Senator and a veteran of twenty-three years in the Marine corps, during which time he was awarded numerous medals for his achievements, as well as the NASA Distinguished Service medal and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He and his wife of fifty-six years, Annie, have two grown children and two grandchildren.Nick Taylor is the author of seven nonfiction books and collaborated with John Glenn on his memoir. He lives in...
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Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed...
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Space Books & Ephemera
Off the Planet -- Inscribed By Author -- Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
by Linenger, Jerry M
A Brief History of Time From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Hawking, Stephen W
Bantam. As New in As New dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 055305340X . Very nice copy, with dustjacket ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches; 198 pages .
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$12.50
Off the Planet : Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
by Jerry M. Linenger
McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$5.99
The Nature of the Universe
by Hoyle, Fred
Harper & Brothers, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 142pp. B/w photos. Former owner's name on front endpaper near fore edge (beneath DJ flap). DJ edges are rubbed. Top front and rear DJ edges each have a small piece missing. DJ is in mylar.. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing; Free tracking!
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$19.95
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Stephen W. Hawking
New York: Bantam, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ron Miller. This wildly successful book by Hawking went into multiple printings after a somewhat choppy printing start. As it is, this is the choppy start - the first state DJ and book. The first state is quite rare as it has numerous errors and was subsequently destroyed, ( it lacks a Table of Contents as well as having no Dedication and the DJ has factual errors ). Introduction by Carl Sagan. Small ink signature on FFEP, small...
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$525.00
Men, Rockets and Space
by Lloyd Mallan
Cassell & Company, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. First Published in GB. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning and foxing to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Moderate tanning and marking to pastedowns and endpapers with stamps to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine...
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£8.24
Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security
by Burrows, William E
NY: Random House, 1986. 11th printing. Good/VG dust jacket, covers bowed. xxvi, 403 p., photos, footnotes, glossary, notes, biblio, index, 8vo;
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$20.00
Apollo: an Eyewitness Account - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Bean, Alan
Shelton, CT: Greenwich Workshop Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. 0867130504 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. This copy is SIGNED by author, artist and astronaut Alan Bean on the front flyleaf. Accompanying his signature, Bean wrote "Apollo 12"; In November, 1969, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the moon. After retiring from NASA in 1981, he...
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$650.00
COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY
by Timothy Ferris
New York: William Morrow & Company. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0688058892 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket shows soiling to front and rear panels. First Edition stated. ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.30 inches; 495 pages .
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$44.95
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon.
by [Astronaut Signature] Shepard, Alan & Deke Slayton
Atlanta:: Turner Publishing Inc,, 1994.. First Printing of the First Edition.. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Alan Shepard Signed bookplate on the half title. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation’s most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose...
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$750.00
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
by Chaikin, Andrew
Paperback. Good.
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£3.01
Space Traveller's Handbook: Every Man's Comprehensive Manual to Space Flight
by Freeman, Michael
Golden Press Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto 4to . 208 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. The dust jacket is in excellent condition except for a small closed tear.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and...
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AU$23.95
Laser Weapons In Space Policy And Doctrine
by Payne, Keith B
Westview Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0865319375 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Rebound. ; 230 pages .
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$18.00
Comet Dustjacket Design May Not Match the One Shown Online
by Sagan, Carl
Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0394549082 . 9.9 X 8.3 X 1.3 inches; 398 pages .
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$17.50
The Universe in Time
by MAFFEI, Paolo
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 407pp. Translated by Mirella Giacconi. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine faded.
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$20.00
RUSSIANS IN SPACE
by Evgeny Riabchikov
New York: Doubleday. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. First Edition stated. Toning to pages. Scuffing to page edges. Foxing to lower page edges. Scuffing to front and rear panels. Toning to rear panel. Closed tear upper rear panel. Chips to crown and heel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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$54.95
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts-PROOF
by Chaikin, Andrew
PROOF-Unrevised and Unpublished Proof-Not for distribution to the public-Rubber stamp on inside front cover otherwise tight and unmarked-" celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing offers a technically accessible history of the Apollo Program from its less-than-auspicious beginnings, through its greatest triumphs, to its untimely end-A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as...
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$29.95
MAN'S CONQUEST OF SPACE
by Shelton, William R
Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Some foxing to several pages and jacket. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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$39.95
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station MIR
by Linenger, Jerry M. (AUTOGRAPHED)
NY: McGraw Hill, 2000. 21st printing. Fine/Near Fine dust jacket, 1/8 inch tear to front dust jacket fold. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, x, 259 p., color photos, SIGNED business card laid in, index, 8vo;
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$20.00
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
by Aldrin, Buzz
Paperback. Very Good.
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£7.11
The Art of Postage Stamps
by Barbara Moore, Honor Holland
New York: Walker and Company, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Barbara Moore, Honor Holland, The Art of Postage Stamps, New York, Walker and Company, 1979, First Printing. Gray hc, 4to (27 cm), 96 pp, illustrated. A visual, international look at stamps from early versions to those commemorating historical moments and national pride, with special affection for flight and airmail. Ex-library (fair-to-good)/no DJ: lightly scuffed, ex-library with stickers and markings, rear fep torn (pocket...
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$7.99
