Northrup Ef (6 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with black titles, no inscriptions. xvi + 284 pages, colour frontispiece, 24 illustrations on plates, 4 text illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, stated. Hardcover. Condition: Very good/near fine. Light brown buckram cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Full color frontispiece. Illustrated.Sharp corners; tight binding. Pages age toned; 1940 newspaper clipping pasted to front paste down with ink annotation. Additional laid in 1945 newspaper clipping between front paste down and ffep with subsequent stain. Dust jacket blurb pasted neatly to ffep. Reader annotations pages 90 and 101, otherwise clean and unmarked. pp+ 283 pages 9.25"x6.25"w. (see images) ".While the narrative is pure fiction.All scientific material has been worked out in considerable detail, and is believed to be entirely consonant with current proved facts and well tested technical knowledge.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. As Is. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a subtle lean to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild rubbing to the covers with an ink stain to the head, more staining to the edges of the text block, and discoloration to the end pages. Overall, a solid, Good only copy in an As Is dust jacket, which has losses to the spine ends and cover corners, a 2" tear to the lower front hinge, and rubbing with foxing and heavy staining to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. including color frontis; photos, 9.5 x 6", tan cloth, 280pp + pp, covers rubbed and unevenly toned, extremities bumped, rear inner hinge cracking, pp toned (endpapers unevenly so), foredge of textblock soiled, in a very worn, spine-torn/creased, browned and soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Sci-Fi novel disguised as a scientific autobiography from the future. Pseudoman takes off for his trip around the moon on July 28, 1961.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Zero to Eighty by E. F. Northrup (First Edition) Firm copy with minor bumping to bottom front corner. Wear to edges and spine ends with 1.5 inch tear to top back cover. Not price-clipped. Stated first edition. Tan cloth with black lettering to spine. 283 pages. One of the most obscure and fascinating of all pre-spaceflight books, this fictional "autobiography" by ?Akkad Pseudoman (E.F. Northrup) includes detailed descriptions (with photos and a technical appendix) of the first-ever practical experiments with an electromagnetic railgun. BOOK.…