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Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1928. Ley, Willy (1906-1969). Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt. viii, 344pp. 2 plates, text illustrations. Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1928. Original pictorial soft covers, minor chipping, small splits at spine, light soiling. Fore-edge of second plate a bit frayed, but very good. First Edition of this pioneering collection of papers on the possibility of space travel, edited by Willy Ley, one of the founders of Germany's influential Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Rocketry Society) and a highly effective popularize of spaceflight in the first half of the twentieth century. The collection, which is very scarce in the original pictorial wrappers, includes contributions from Karl Debus, Hermann Oberth, Walter Hohmann, Guido von Pirquet and Fr. W. Sander-Wesermünde. .
DIE MÖGLICHKEIT DER WELTRAUMFAHRT: ALLGEMEINVERSTÄNDLICHE BEITRÄGE ZUM RAUMSCHIFFAHRTSPROBLEM von Professor Hermann Oberth, Dr. Franz v. Hoefft., Dr.-Ing. Walter Hohmann, Dr. Karl Debus, Ingenieur Guido von Pirquet und Ingenieur Fr. W. Sander. Herausgegeben von Willy Ley. Mit 70 Abbildungen by Ley, Willy (editor) - 1928
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DIE MÖGLICHKEIT DER WELTRAUMFAHRT: ALLGEMEINVERSTÄNDLICHE BEITRÄGE ZUM RAUMSCHIFFAHRTSPROBLEM von Professor Hermann Oberth, Dr. Franz v. Hoefft., Dr.-Ing. Walter Hohmann, Dr. Karl Debus, Ingenieur Guido von Pirquet und Ingenieur Fr. W. Sander. Herausgegeben von Willy Ley. Mit 70 Abbildungen
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Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1928. Large octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [v-vii] viii [1] 2-344, two inserted plates, other illustrations in the text, original pictorial white wrappers printed in yellow and black (illustration on front cover by Gundermann). First edition, first printing. An anthology of articles on the possibility of space flight by Oberth and other members of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (German Society for Space Travel) intended to promote the activities of the society. "One of the fundamental books in the history of flight and rocket design." - Interlibrum 270 #237. Ciancone 134. Hübner 699. Interlibrum 270 #237. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel (1951), pp. 118-9. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 506. Some dust soiling to rear cover, light wear at upper spine end, but basically a fine copy. Quite scarce in such lovely condition. (#134075)
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