Space Research Exploration by Bates (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine and design on front cover which are bright. Covers exhibit light wear on corners and spine ends. Two bumps on front edges. Light soiling and discoloration on top and bottom edges. Previous owners book plate is neatly pasted to the ffep. Light soiling and yellowing to inside front and back covers and page ends. Text is yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Dj is in a protective mylar cover with large tears which are taped on the back cover. Multiple small tears, chips and creasing to all edges, hinges, corners and spine ends. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to covers. "Invaluable for the layman who feels the need of separating science fiction form science fact as the world enters the era of space travel."Books are not ex lib unless stated. Each book is individually examined and described.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth Boards With Silver Lettering And A Silver Rocket On Face. Light Bumping To Spine Ends. Binding Is Tight And Square. Pages Are Clean Throughout. The Dust Jacket Has Chips And Tears With Fraying At Spine Ends. An Advanced Reading Copy With Accompanying Note From The Publisher. …

hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. Original edition, 2nd printing. Blue cloth hardcover in 4.00 dust jacket. Book as new except library stamp on first page; rear endpaper split at hinge but held securely by cloth mesh. Dust jacket somewhat worn. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, third printing of a 1958 copyright; fading and edge wear to exte rior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Condition: Fair. 1957. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. Blue jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Frontis is loose. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 224pp, numerous black and white illustrations in text. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded, lightly rubbed corners, rubbed spine ends, a little cocked. Text block edges tanning; pages just starting to age, volume a little loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. 1st UK Edition. 224 pages. Green cloth binding with gilted title and some fading on spine. Tables throughout. VG+/No jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vg hardback copy in Vg dust jacket. Tape stains to endpapers, with the rear endpapers far more affected than the front. LISTING PHOTO DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THIS COPY.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Although a number of books have appeared on the exploration of space, this is the first to be written for the general reader by a panel of scientists who are themselves prominent in the field of current research. It is of particular interest and importance because it comes at a time when man's conquest of space is moving from the realm of conjecture into that of experimental fact. Compiled under the distinguished editorship of Professor Bates, it systematically surveys the whole subject, from the construction of rockets and the research already done on the upper atmosphere to the launching of artificial satellites and the final possibility of voyages to the nearer planets. Such questions as the possible use of an 'atomic drive', hazards from meteors and cosmic rays, and the immense difficulties of navigation in inter-planetary space, are carefully considered. The authors have not set out to provide easy simplifications but to describe the problems that actually face research workers and the means that are being tried out to overcome them. There is however nothing in the main text that cannot be followed by an intelligent reader with no scientific training. Where a mathematical treatment of a problem has seemed useful, it has been provided separately in an appendix. 224 p. illustrations good condition, some tears in the edges of dust jacked are taped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed Eyre and Spottiswoode 1957. Jacket has moderate wear, fading and small tears. Book has light wear, clean pages (lightly yellowed), firm binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing,Pages clean and bright,Binding firm,Light wear to edges,Dust jacket unclipped. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…