New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 371 PP. First edition in original blue cloth with orange title work to cover and spine. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Rickenbacker on half title verso. First..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 301 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Clarke to Frank Winter, former Curator of Rocketry of the National Air and Space Museum..... More
New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 321 PP. Stated "First Printing 1977" directly on the copyright page. Original price of $9.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Astronaut Walt Cunningham directly on the FFEP. Cunningham was the Lunar Module Pilot..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 3/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 256 PP. First printing copy with early coverage of the Astronauts and craft that comprised the Mercury team. Original price clipped from lower corner of jacket flap. Nearly a hundred pages of color illustrations. A very attractive..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 301 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Clarke directly on the FFEP. A fine collection of literature from some of the pioneers of space..... More
South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 324 PP. First printing with original UK 25 and US $39.95 price intact on front flap. A tremendous reference including descriptions of the aircraft used as well as the pilots who flew them. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1989. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/4 X 10 3/4 Inches. 112 PP. Original June/July 1989 issue of Air & Space magazine. Special 20th Anniversary of Apollo 11 issue with the scarce wraparound advertising band intact! More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 288 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price sticker of $24.95 intact on front flap. Accompanied by original COA from the respected Novaspace Galleries..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 320 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Signed by McCullough directly on the limitation page. One of..... More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. 446 PP. "This second edition takes account of the important changes that have swept the field since the end of the Cold War, including the rapid growth and change in commercial space-launch services, increasingly important issues of..... More
Murfreesboro, TN: Your Space Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 464 PP. First printing copy signed and inscribed on the half title-page by Astronaut Rhea Seddon. Seddon is a veteran of three NASA missions and was among the first six women recruited by..... More
New York: Knopf, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 387 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.95 intact on front flap. One of an unknown number of copies signed on the blank page at the time of publishing and..... More
New York: Gallery Books, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 7/8 X 11 3/4 Inches. 71 PP. "The Shuttle has ushered in a new era in space flight." Classic 1980's photographic coverage of NASA and the newly introduced Space Shuttle! Includes coverage of several shuttle missions from 1981 to 1984. Includes..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 317 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper letter code on copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Astronaut/Congressman and now Head of NASA (appointed by President..... More
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 236 [1] PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on the copyright page. Original price of $7.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by the author on the FFEP. Author's name written..... More
St. Louis, MO: McDonnell, 1963. Ephemera. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. Original 4 PP synopsis for the Mercury missions that spanned the years 1961 thru 1963 at NASA. Signed on the front cover by Astronauts John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper. A very scarce piece..... More
Boston: Quinlan Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 227 PP. Signed by Schirra on the half title-page. Original price of $16.95 on inside rear flap. A clean copy with hint of wear at DJ edges and crown of spine. An increasingly difficult book..... More
Waseca, MN: Walter's Publishing, 1986. First Edition, First Printing (Assumed). Spiral bound. 7 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 188 PP + Tables & Ads. Original "Teacher in Space Cookbook" issued prior to the January 28, 1986 Challenger tragedy. President Ronald Reagan announced his search for a "teacher passenger" for a...... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 118 PP. Signed, "To my good friend & associate / "Hugh Knowlton" / With my very best wish(es) / Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 1943" directly on the FFEP. Stated "First Edition" on the..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1999. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 723 PP. Bound in original leather with gilt trim, ruling and title stamping to covers and spine. AEG. A sharp copy overall. More
Washington DC: Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, US Navy, 1943. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 155 PP. Part one of this WWII era US Navy flight manual. Illustrated throughout. Hint of wear at edges and folds, but an extremely well-preserved copy overall. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 110 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Sally Ride on the FFEP. More
Washington DC: NASA, 1962. First Edition. 8 X 10 1/2 Inches. Lot of THREE original NASA Press Releases from 1962. These bulletins are from the collection of NASA Chief of Public Relations, Ken Grine. The first piece is titled "Fact Sheet" and describes the John Glenn piloted mission from start..... More
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 370 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full letter code to the "A" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Scott Carpenter directly on the title-page. Carpenter was..... More
New York: Harcourt Inc., 2002. Uncorrected Proof. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 357 PP. Stated "Uncorrected Proof" on the front panel. Signed by Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter directly on the front cover. Carpenter was one of the original Mercury Astronauts, memorialized forever by author Tom Wolfe in his "The..... More