Interplanetary Flight by Arthur Clarke (43 results)

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 68, good, many creases science fiction, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 68, very good , creases science fiction, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 68, very good -fine, , reading crease science fiction, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 68, almost near fine science fiction, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 68, near fine, unread science fiction, paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library. Second edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and in a protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth covers with light wear on corners and spine ends. Chipping and wear to bottom edges. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to covers. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Illustrated with multiple charts, graphs and b&w photos. Chapters detail Earth Satellites and Lunar Probes, Interplanetary Flight, Spaceships and Space Stations and much more. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Condition: Good. 1960. 2nd Edition. 144 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue pictorial cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

SECOND EDITION, ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, white planet illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 144pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate tape staining to boards & eps, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, moderate tanning & tape staining to flaps, moderate chafing).

Dust Jacket Condition: a. Ex-Library with a pink withdrawn stamped on the front free end; Mass Market Paperback; Berkley; 1985; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 164 p. Very Good paper, top page edges, and back of the rear cover. There is also the residue from the library pocket, but otherwise free other markings. There was a sticker on the spine that was removed without doing too much damage, however it did take some of the top layer of paper someone colored in the spots cover (while never something I would do to a book that I was selling collectible book, this was done rather well and sparingly and is only noticeable when you're looking for it. ) The rest of the book is tightly bound still still present.

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 164pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. GIFT QUALITY as pictured a Second Edition a very good condition hardcover in a great dust jacket , price clipped , appears unread 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Presumed First Edition. Book is in Very Good condition, dust jacket is in Good condition, with minor loss to the head of the jacket spine. Otherwise clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Clarke's "Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics," the author's first book, is a foundational non-fiction work that provides a highly accessible yet technically grounded overview of the principles and challenges of space travel. Written before the dawn of the space age, the book showcases Clarke's remarkable foresight and understanding of astronautics. Laying out the theoretical groundwork for space travel and inspiring generations with the vision of humanity's future among the stars, the volume cemented Clarke's reputation as a prescient voice in both science fiction and non-fiction related to space. Octavo, 164 pp., index. Mylar protected.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Berkley edition. A Very Tight Book, No Marks Or Inscriptions, No Creasing Or Chipping. In Excellent Condition. Illustrated Card Covers With White Lettering On A Background Of A Galaxy. White Title On Spine. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley, et al. (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition, with an "A" on the title and half-title page, light blue cloth boards with blue-lettered spine, illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front flap, sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text, 164pp., with index. Clarke's first published book while Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. Book with faint toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a bit of tanning to spine and folds and light edge wear, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards and dust jacket due to age and use. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. (D5)Hard cover in blue cloth binding with DJ. Very good overall conditionOctavo (19cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in blue on the spine; 164pp.; illustrated with 16 black & white plates. Spine of DJ has light tearing at edges; very minor bumps and rubbing to the extremities; internally clean/tight copy. Technical Trends Series Edition.**(Please note that shipping prices may differ from quotes given on website due to weight or destination for delivery. Pictures upon request.)**.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped at the edges, 3cm closed tear at top of front foldover/cover split at spine, white mark on back cover. vii + 164 pages, photos and illustrations on plates, appendix, bibliography, index.

Second impression. 8vo. viii, 164 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, dark blue lettering to the spine, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 black and white illustrations. Some wear and marking to the jacket, else a decent copy. "Technical Trends series". Clarke's first book, the first printing appeared the previous year.

Condition: ACCEPTABLE. 1960 HC/no jacket. Harper & Bros revised ed. Flaps from jacket are pasted into front & rear board. Back hinge cracked though very intact. Wear & soiling to withdrawn library. Clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] viii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm OCLC 1649198 LCCN 51010746 ; light blue cloth with dark blue lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Historical survey -- The earth's gravitational field -- The rocket -- The problem of escape by rocket -- The earth-moon journey -- Interplanetary flight -- The atomic rocket -- Spaceships and space stations -- Subsidiary problems -- Opening frontiers ; Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics is a short, modestly technical introduction to space exploration written by Arthur C. Clarke, and published in 1950. ; This book by esteemed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, is a serious albeit slim reference to rockets, orbital mechanics, and space technology that is accessible to readers with limited understandings of basic calculus and physics (elementary mechanics). ; Robert Goddard commemorative US postage stamp franked in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 14, 1966 laid in ; ownership stamp on front endpaper of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer and Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 and earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; fantastic illustrations by Leslie Carr & Frank Tinsley, show spacecraft in orbit & construction crews at work on the moon in space-suits & pressurized tractor vehicles, "building the lunar base" ; Frank Tinsley (1899-1965) was a concept artist during the late 1940s & through much of the 1950s, working at Mechanix Illustrated magazine. He wrote & illustrated numerous articles about the future of technology, transportation, strategic military weapons & equipment, & space exploration. Tinsley worked as an artist's apprentice in the Research Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after graduating from high school. He joined the Design Section of the War Department during World War I & freelanced as an illustrator in the 1920s & 30s, for magazines as well as the movies. He met publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst, who was expanding into film at the time. The two became personal friends. In 1958, Tinsley was hired by the American arm of Germany's Bosch company to illustrate their futuristic space technologies. Tinsley died of a heart attack at age 65. ; Leslie Carr (1891-1969), born in Hove, West Sussex, emerged as a significant figure in British illustration & poster art during the first half of the 20th century. He produced some of his best work for Southampton Docks in the 1930s as commissions for the Southern Railway. He worked on advertisements for Morris Motors, London County Council Tramways, & post-war for British Railways. His output included work for the British Grand Prix in 1950, The Motor magazine, many children's books, as well as landscape and architectural themes & publicity for towns as diverse as Seaford in Sussex & Silloth on the Solway Firth most of the latter type again for the railways. He was an official war artist during WW2 & continued working in to the 1950s & was Art Director of The Motor in the 1960s. ; Arthur Clarke was an English futurist ; mathematics & calculus are shown to indicate the theory behind achieving orbital velocity, conversion of thermal & internal pressure of rockets into kinetic energy, the calculation of acceleration of rockets, the calculation of the duration of a journey from the neighborhood of the Earth to the Moon in two methods: if the initial velocity is just sufficient to reach the Moon, & a second set of calculations if a vessel is projected at more than escape velocity, calculation of fuel consumption in relation to exhaust velocity, computation of the temperature of a body in space, & the measurement of radio ranges in space ; a penciled wattage step-function on the back endpaper ; else FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. CLEAN near fine first edition hardcover with very good dust jacket. First Printing: no note of subsequent printings or added notes to preface, ""A"" printed below publisher's name on title page, ""A*"" printed on half title page, $2.50 price on DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 1st Edition. VG in G DJ. First edition, "A" on title page and half-title page. Light signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, interior clean and unmarked. Unclipped ("$2.50") jacket has moderate chipping at edges, tears on spine, detached back flap and signs of general wear, else intact and in good shape. Clearly read, but a nice copy. first edition, "A" on title page and half-title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American edition. 5 x 8 in. Blue cloth boards with dark blue spine titles. First US edition, 1951, with A on title and half title pgs. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends mildly bumped with minor wear, covers very clean and fresh. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($2.50) very clean, a touch toned, edges worn with some chips to corners and spine ends. Rear is a bit more toned with a couple of tiny stains. In a new Mylar wrapper. SCi-fi/Fiction. RGR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover volume with dust jacket. 144 pages. Stated Second Edition.Purple boards with white, stamped ornament stamped on front and lettering on spine. Boards are in Very Good condition with only the most minimal of shelf wear present to corners. Blue dust jacket with white lettering and illustration. Jacket shows wear to top edges in the form of some chipping and creasing and is price clipped on bottom of front flap. Jacket remains in overall Good condition and is protected by a clear mylar jacket preventing further wear and improving current appearance. Binding is tight and strong. 1 inch of the front free endpaper has been clipped away vertically. Pages are clean and unmarked, save for a very small sticker on the title page from Global Authenticators with an "authentication number." 14 Black and white illustrated plates. SIGNED by Arthur C. Clarke on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy of this scarce first edition of Arthur C. Clarke's first book. Blue covers with black titles to spine. No marks or inscriptions.Pages all clean and bright. In vg unclipped (8s.6d.) dj which is a little grubby and had very minor chips to top spine area.164pp.Now in removable protective covering.

Hardcover. Reprint. 19 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. viii164pp. Bibliography and index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated with 16 pages of phootgraphs and 14 diagrammatic line drawings. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. No edition stated but has "note to the third impression" in the preface. Jacket spine is toned. Original price of $2.50 present on front flap. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Side of front cover of the cloth is bumped. A work of nonficiton written for a lay audience. Very Good in Very Good dust jackcet.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Space Exploration] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION USING BRITISH SHEETS. 'A' on title below imprint, 'A*' to half-title. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 164; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in blue to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of $2.50 to front flap. Sixteen photographic pages, fourteen diagrammatic illustrations. White speckling to cloth, jacket rubbed and worn to spine, some chips and tears, toned to rear panel. Very good. Clarke is writing at the time when society was on the precipice of space exploration 'about to enter the age of interplanetary travel - first by radio-controlled, unmanned rockets and, later, by true "spaceships."' He aims also to make his books accessible to those who are not professionals in the field of interplanetary flight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., hardcover. illustrated with frontispiece & 15 full-page plates by Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley et; The book includes an "A" on the title and half-title page, light blue cloth boards with blue-lettered spine, illustrated very good dust jacket with $2.50 price on the front flap, sixteen inserted photographs including the frontispiece, and fourteen diagrammatic line drawings within the text, 164pp., with index. Some light around edges of jacket. Blue cloth boards in very condition with an ownership address (Emily Steele) on the front pastedown. First edition, U.S. issue (UK sheets). Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. This is a First American Edition. The book is in Very Good condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. First American Edition with L. Harper & Brothers, Publishers on the title page, along with a capital A underneath. The half title page also has a very small, capital letter A with an asterisk after it. The book is in generally clean and bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear pastedown pages have strips of tape residue. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition with some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. This is Arthur Clarke's first published book. "Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics is a short, modestly technical introduction to space exploration written by Arthur C. Clarke, and published in 1950. It includes material accessible to readers with a high-school level of science and technical education, covering the elements of orbital mechanics, rocket design and performance, various applications of Earth satellites, a discussion of the more interesting and accessible destinations in the Solar System (such as they were understood at the time of writing) , and in a final chapter covering the rationale and value of human expansion off the Earth. "(from Wikipedia).