1996 Hb, large format, 96 pages, a look at the early retro rockets including the work of Goddard, The American Rocket Society, German SPR, Len-GIRD, Wernher von Braun and much more -
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Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Pictorial silver board binding slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners, else Near Fine. No dust jacket. ; Many black & white photo illustrations & plan drawings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages. Seller Inventory # 53759
Seller: Librairie SSAD, Bussigny, Switzerland
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Bon état, très légère usure de la couverture. Seller Inventory # M440-184-0
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Seller: Frank J. Raucci, Bookseller, Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.
Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans tears, stains, discoloratione, etc. with all text clearr/unmarked. "Retro Rockets" presents the rockets of Robert Goddard and his contemporaries - inventors, eccentrics, clubs, and government labs that turned interplanetary travel from a dream to a mere engineering problem. Brief histories, dozens of dimensioned and color keyed drawings, and photographs illuminated vehicles from the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union." PROLIFICALLY ILLUST RATED in archival black-and-white photography and drawings with accompanying descriptive captions. 96 pages. LBSW5. Seller Inventory # 016892