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The Ronald Press Co.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket. Former Library book. (Rockets, Balloons, Satellites, Atmospheric Research) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
200 MILES UP: THE CONQUEST OF THE UPPER AIR .. by Vaeth, J. Gordon - 1951
by Vaeth, J. Gordon
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200 MILES UP: THE CONQUEST OF THE UPPER AIR ..
by Vaeth, J. Gordon
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New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1951. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-ix [x] xi-xiii [xiv] [1-2] 3-207 208: blank], 63 illustrations and figures in the text, endpaper charts, publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gold. First edition. An account of the American upper air research program since its inception in 1946, written by the then current head of the U.S. Navy's New Weapons and Systems Division. "A very well-illustrated report on work in the upper atmosphere with unmanned stratosphere balloons and rockets" (Ley). Ciancone 221. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 495. Bookplate of early aeronautics collector Merritt Edward Peck affixed to the front paste-down. A fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket with wear and some tape along top and bottom edges. (#160315)
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- Date Published 1951
- Keywords Rocketry; (Rocketry)
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200 Miles Up : The Conquest of the Upper Air
by Vaeth, J. Gordon
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