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This is a very good hardcover bound in handcrafted mission leather. First Edition 1966 Thomas Crowell Publishing. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are actually still crisp and clean. The edition is bound in handcrafted brown mission leather which is very good, still soft and supple. The front cover feature embossed title and illustrated rocket design. The cover front and back is very good, clean and soft. The edition features sewn binding for style and durability, not glued binding. Larger hardcover, imperial octavo book size or 9" x 11" with 244 pages including index.
History of Rocketry and Space Travel has been complied by Wernher Von Braun and Frederick I. Ordway lll. Original illustrations are from Harry H-K Lange and there is an Intro by Frederick C. Durant lll. The edition is handsomely bound in brown handcrafted leather by Brown and Bigelow. Illustrations of rockets, airplane, gizmos and more grace the front and back endpapers. The volume is lavishly illustrated with vintage color photos, illustrations, charts and more. Contents include; The Lure of Other Worlds, A Thousand Years of Rocketry, Pioneers of Space Travel, The Rocket Returns to War, Postwar Military Rocketry, Manned Space Flight and more.
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