Category: Astronomy & Space Exploration

Mercury Atlas MA-6

By: (NASA), Office of Legislative Affairs National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Price: $95.00

Publisher: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1962

Seller ID: 25096

Condition: Very Good

A few scuff marks to paper covers, faint partial creasing to top corner of pages, almost invisible. Printed on coated paper. . This 26-page side-stapled booklet is essentially an announcement of the upcoming Mercury Atlas manned space flights. It summarizes the space program to date, the final flight being the successful two-orbit trip and return of the chimpanzee Enos. It then describes the upcoming Mercury missions and the astronauts who will undertake them. Illustrated with b/w photos. Scarce. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 26 pages. M1
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Living in Space: Operation Liftoff. Elementary School Space Program. Book 1. Levels A, B, C (EP-222)

By: Andrews, Sheila Briskin & Audrey Kirschenbaum

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1987

Seller ID: 24851

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Materials are new and unused; original shrinkwrap was removed to obtain publication information. . This is a teaching unit designed for elementary school students, presenting exercises, activities, vocabulary, motivation, questions, lab experiments and more on: food, clothing, health, housing, communication and working. Loose pages are 3-hole punched for insertion in notebook. . Operation Liftoff Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 50 pages. D6
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Living in Space: Operation Liftoff. Elementary School Space Program. Book II. (EP-223)

By: Andrews, Sheila Briskin & Audrey Kirschenbaum

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1987

Seller ID: 33233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Materials are new and unused; original shrinkwrap was removed to obtain publication information. . This is Part Two of a teaching unit designed for elementary school students, presenting exercises, activities, vocabulary, motivation, questions, lab experiments and more on: food, clothing, health, housing, communication and working. Loose pages are 3-hole punched for insertion in notebook. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 49 pages. M0
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Their Other World: a Series of Thirteen Documentary Programs for Radio on Bioastronautics (Radio Scripts)

By: Bannerman, Leroy & William Kinzer

Price: $130.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN. Bloomington, IN, The Indiana University Radio and Television Service, for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) : 1965

Seller ID: 28856

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

This is a carbon copy of a typed manuscript approximately 220 pages in length and bound in black buckram. Large glue stain to verso of back board, no other defects. . The manuscript consists of scripts for thirteen documentary radio programs, each about 16-17 pages in length. The scripts are double-spaced with some single spacing portions as well. As the title indicates, they were prepared for NASA, written and directed by Leroy Bannerman and narrated by William Kinzer. The scripts were written and produced just as NASA's Gemini Program was getting under way. They focus on such themes as zero ...
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Kepler

By: Banville, John

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Boston. Boston, Godine : 1983

Seller ID: 26460

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

First U. S. Edition. Guardian Fiction Prize winner in U. K. Author's 4th novel. Dust jacket has no defects, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A beautiful copy of the first edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. S3
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The Man-In-Space Dictionary: A Modern Glossary

By: Caidin, Martin

Price: $50.00

Publisher: E. P. Dutton : 1963

Seller ID: 24037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

1 1/2 inch water stain to bottom inch of back cover, ripple and 1/4-inch water stain to bottom edge of most pages. Otherwise, book is in excellent condition, pages are crisp, no marks. Jacket has tears, rubbing, light chipping and soil, still bright and attractive, now in fresh mylar sleeve. . Author's contribution to the non-fiction space literature, this is an illustrated dictionary to early space flight, published one year after John Glenn's flight into space. Signed presentation copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author "To Sally, who helped to make this and my others possible. Gratefully, Mart...
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For Spacious Skies The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

By: Carpenter, Scott & Kris Stoever

Price: $155.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : 2002

Seller ID: 30548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or jacket, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY THE AUTHOR." A gorgeous copy, gift quality. . This is the first edition, published in 2002. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 384 pages. Signed by Author. L4
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Image for Debate Packet 1990-1991: the Future of Space Exploration in the United States of America: a Compilation of U. S. Government Documentary Materials

Debate Packet 1990-1991: the Future of Space Exploration in the United States of America: a Compilation of U. S. Government Documentary Materials

By: Clements, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Dallas. Dallas, Political Research, Inc. : 1990

Seller ID: 23706

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

This is a stapled softcover large-sized booklet, 62 pages. Slight crease to lower corner of pages, slight curl to another corner. Tight and square, pages are clean. . A compilation of US government documentary materials treating aspects of the 1990-1991 National High School Debate topic, which was: "Resolved: That the United States Government should significantly increase space exploration. " It includes two introductory pieces, seven documents and an appendix, addressing both positive and negative issues. Scarce. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 62 pages. B0
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Living and Working in Space A History of Skylab (NASA SP-4208)

By: Compton, W. David & Charles D. Benson

Price: $70.00

Publisher: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1983

Seller ID: 25097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Pictorial blue and white boards are rubbed, slightly worn at extremities. Printed on coated paper, contents are excellent. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . This copy is SIGNED by the first author and INSCRIBED to Mel Grotberg, an archivist for Johnson Space Center documents. . NASA History Series Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 449 pages. Signed by Author. M1
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Image for The First Man in Space: the Record of Yuri Gagarin's Historic First Venture Into Cosmic Space: a Collection of Translations from Soviet Press Reports

The First Man in Space: the Record of Yuri Gagarin's Historic First Venture Into Cosmic Space: a Collection of Translations from Soviet Press Reports

By: Crosscurrents Press

Price: $21.50

Publisher: NY. NY, Crosscurrents Press : 1961

Seller ID: 23694

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stapled booklet printed on coated paper, illustrated with photos. Bumped corner, causing a corner crease to back cover and last few pages, no other defects. . A collection of translations from Soviet press reports. Gagarin was the first man from any country to enter space. This booklet was published in 1961; Gagarin's flight took place on April 12, 1961. Scarce in this condition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 79 pages. B4
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Victory over Space

By: Ducrocq, Albert & Oliver Stewart (Trans. )

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Little, Brown : 1961

Seller ID: 33738

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Fine book in VG dust jacket, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Jacket has light edgewear at head and foot of spine, rubbed back panel. Book has no defects, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Exposition of the science of astronautics, circa 1960, problems, issues and difficulties. Published after the USSR's Sputnik and before the U. S. Space program had gotten much under way. A fascinating look at things to come. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 264 pages. A1
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Apollo 16 At Descartes (EP-97)

By: Froehlich, Walter

Price: $31.50

Publisher: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1972

Seller ID: 32731

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Bottom corner of front cover is dog-eared and bumped, no other defects. Printed on coated paper. . 32 pp. Description of the landing at Descartes and the activities there. 9"x12". . Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 32 pages. I0
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Spacelab An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory

By: Froehlich, Walter

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1983

Seller ID: 32782

Binding: Staple Bound

Condition: Very Good+

This is a 77-oage booklet. . A nice introduction to Spacelab, profusely illustrated in b/w and full-color. Printed on coated paper. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 77 pages. I0
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Description of Gemini Experiments, Flights GT-3 through GT-7

By: Gemini Systems Engineering Directorate, Office Of Manned Space Flight

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1964

Seller ID: 23772

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

This is a stapled oblong gray-green booklet. Several notes are jotted on the front cover, by different hands. Binding is tight, pages are clean. . This is an early report on the Gemini program, focussing on the planned experiments to be conducted. The experiments are described only, no results are here given. The printed date on the booklet is April 13, 1964, which precedes by some months the Gemini GT-3 through GT-7 flights. Stapled to the title page are two documents. The first is from William C. Schneider, Deputy Director of the Gemini Program, and is dated May 12, 1964. The letter notes th...
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The Symbiotic Universe Life and Mind in the Cosmos

By: Greenstein, George

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Morrow : 1988

Seller ID: 32871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in NF dust jacket. Jacket has short tear, a little edgewear, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 271 pages. J1
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Project Gemini: Technology and Operations : a Chronology (SP-4002)

By: Grimwood, James M

Price: $205.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1969

Seller ID: 23705

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

A couple of light stains to top page ends, small red stain to back cover, all minor. Tight and square, pages are clean and bright. . A complete chronology of events of NASA's Gemini space project. This is the original softcover first edition of the chronology report, a trade paperback with blue and white paper covers. This copy is SIGNED by the author and INSCRIBED to Mel Grotberg, who was evidently an archivist for Johnson Space Center documents. Book is a first edition, not a reprint. Scarce in this condition. . NASA historical series Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 308 pages. Signed by...
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Project Mercury: a Chronology (NASA SP-4001)

By: Grimwood, James M

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1963

Seller ID: 23781

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Original card covers. Front cover and spine are in excellent condition with just a little rubbing to extremities. White back cover is a little soiled with a small chip at top outside corner (1/8 inch x 1/4 inch) and a slight corner bump slightly affecting the corners of the last 150 pages but barely noticable. Tight and square, pages are clean and bright. A handsome copy of the first edition, signed by the author, who was a NASA historian. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author to Mel Grotberg, a curator of NASA materials for the Johnson Space Center. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 238 pages. Signed...
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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon

By: Harford, James

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Wiley : 1997

Seller ID: 29274

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Glossy card covers are a little rubbed, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . This is the first printing, published in 1997. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 392 pages. E2
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A Brief History of Time From the Big Bang to Black Holes

By: Hawking, Stephen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bantam : 1990

Seller ID: 31467

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

The half-title page has a gift inscription to former owner, the bookplate of former owner, and rippling to bottom margin of page. No other defects in book: bnding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uncreased, book appears unread. . The first paperback printing of a classic work. Scarce. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 208 pages. A3
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Survived to Tell: the Autobiography of Edward Keonjian

By: Keonjian, Edward

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Sunstone Press : 1996

Seller ID: 29130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Dust jacket has 1/4-inch cut on spine, no other defects, now protected by clear mylar sleeve, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED to "Marvin, a fellow camera buff" by the author on half-title page. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 287 pages. Signed by Author. D4
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Category: Astronomy & Space Exploration