Development of the Blue Streak Satellite Launcher. Proceedings of the Second Space Engineering Symposium Held at Hatfield College of Technology, Hertfordshire, Februrary 22nd, 1963.
by Samson, D.R
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- fine
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan Company, 1963. Hardcover. fine. xv,128pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos (including frontispiece), drawings (including folding drawing), diagrams and graphs. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine in dust jacket. Errata slip tipped in at page 67. Small chips to edges of dust jacket. fine 1963
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- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112576
- Title
- Development of the Blue Streak Satellite Launcher. Proceedings of the Second Space Engineering Symposium Held at Hatfield College of Technology, Hertfordshire, Februrary 22nd, 1963.
- Author
- Samson, D.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Satellites|Space Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sciences;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Tipped In
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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