New Arrivals
The descent of man. 2 vols. Original cloth, recased. This is one of the very rare sets produced for presentation by Darwin with trimmed edges.
London: John Murray, 1871. Darwin disliked having to open the unopened pages of books--a common aspect of many 19th century publications. For that reason he ordered a small number of presentation copies from John Murray with trimmed edges. Trimming the edges made the book blocks shorter so the original cloth..... More
The Second Printing Revolution: Invention of Mass Media.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2026. More
Catalogue of enemy ordinance materiel
Washington DC. Restricted publication. 360pp. + index, erratta 11pp. Contained in cloth binder. More
Theodor von Karman zum 80. Geburtstage [in] Zeitschrift fü Flugwissenschaften 9 (April/Mai 1961)
1961. Theodor von Karman zum 80. Geburtstage [in] Zeitschrift fü Flugwissenschaften 9 (4/5): 93-162. April/Mai 1961. Original printed wrappers. Fine. More
First Lanchester Memorial Lecture. Lanchester's contributions to the theory of flight and operational research.
London: 1958. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 62 (566): 79-93. Original printed wrappers. Fine. More
La ayuda al despegue mediante cohetes
1952. In Interavia: revista mundial de la aviación "El avión consumible" 7: 376-379. Original printed wrappers. Pages a bit toned, otherwise very good. More
Razstroystvo psikhicheskoy dvatel’nosti pro alkogol’nom paralich... [Disorder of mental capacity in cases of alcoholic paralysis...]
1887. Korsakoff, Sergei Sergeievich (1853-1900). [in Cyrillic] Razstroystvo psikhicheskoy dvatel’nosti pro alkogol’nom paralich i otnoshenie yego kz razstroystvu psikhicheskoy sfery primnozhe stvennykh’ nevritakh’ ne alkogol’nago proiskhozhdeniya [Disorder of mental capacity in cases of alcoholic paralysis and its relation to disorder of the mental sphere in cases of multiple neuritis of..... More
Die Erreichbarkeit der Himmelskörper. Boxed
Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1925. Hohmann, Walter (1880-1945). (1) Der Erreichbarkeit der Himmelskörper. iv, [2], 88pp. Text diagrams. Munich and Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1925. 253 x 177 mm. (partly unopened). Original pictorial wrappers, a bit worn and chipped, spine darkened; preserved in a cloth drop-back box. A Very good..... More
New Principles of Gunnery. A new edition, edited by Charles Hutton. Old boards. Free endpapers removed. Some browning but a very good copy,; Containing the Determination of the Force of Gunpowder and an Investigation of the Difference in the Resisting Power of the Air to Swift and Slow Motions.
London: F. Wingrave, 1805. Bookplate inside on paste-down of Levi Hollingsworth (1739-1824), who was one of the wealthiest and most powerful merchants in Philadelphia following the American Revolution; he was a resolute patriot throughout the Revolution, serving under George Washington as the first quartermaster of the Light Horse of the..... More
Gemarteld Antwerpen. Inscription from the author on half-title, addressed to Col. Armstrong, dated October 11, 1950. Armstrong was regarded as the "savior of Antwerp."; Sinjorenstad Onder De V Bommen
Antwerp: De Palm, 1945. Inscription from the author on half-title, addressed to Col. Armstrong, dated October 11, 1950. More
Raketen Fahrt. Original printed wrappers. Second edition, boxed.; [Rocket Ride]
Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1930. More
Männer der Rakete in Bildern. Original printed wrappers, enclosed in a cloth drop-back box. Bookplate of Frederick I. Ordway III.; In Sel
Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1933. First edition. A fine fresh copy of this early book on the lives and work of the rocket pioneers. The volume comprises a collection of essays, autobiographical and pertaining to their rocket research: H.-W. von Dickhuth-Harrach, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Robert H. Goddard, Franz von Hoefft, Willy..... More
Die Erreichbarkeit der Himmelskörper [The attainability of Heavenly Bodies]. First edition. Cloth, original upper wrapper bound in. Bookplate of Frederick Ordway on inside upper wrapper. Very good copy with only a minimum of very light foxing on first and last leaves.; Untersuchungen Über das Raumfahrtproblem [Studies on the Space Problem]
Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1925. First edition. This is the version of with the plain typographic cover rather than the version with the artistic design. More
The Mars Project. First printing of the first edition. Original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
Chicago: The University of Illinois Press, 1953. First English language edition. More
Rakety. Ikh ustroystvo i primenenie. [Missiles: their design and use.]. Cloth. Original upper printed wrapper bound in. Bookplate of Frederick I. Ordway. Very good copy.
1935. Langemak is chiefly remembered for being the co-designer and directing the development of the aircraft unguided rockets, such as the RS-82 and RS-132, which were modified to be used with such success in the Katyusha rocket launchers of World War II. The crater Langemak on the Moon is named..... More
Propulsione a Reazione. Il segreto della Propulsione a Reazione come funzionano le V.1, Le V.2, I Proietti-razzo e gli aeroplani a reazione.; [Jet Propulsion - The secret of Jet Propulsion. How V.1, V.2 Rocket Projectors and Jet Airplanes Work]
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1945. Con 81 figure e VIII tavole e appendice. 254 pp. Pictorial dust jacket in good condition, slightly rubbed.In a cloth drop-back box. Bookplate of Frederick Ordway on front free endpaper. More
La Planete Mercure et la rotation des satellites [Mercury and the rotation of its satellites]. Cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. Bookplate of Frederick I. Ordway III. Very good copy.; Etude basee sur les resultats obtenus avec la grande lunette de l'observatoire de meudon
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1934. Bookplate of Frederick Orway III. More
Raketen in der Kriegstechnik. Cloth, original upper wrapper bound in. Bookplate of Frederick I. Ordway on front pastedown. Very good condition.; [Missiles in Warfare]
Dorfen: Barbara-Verlag Hugo Meiler, 1944. Original front cover, back cover missing. Hardcover. Frederick Orway III. More