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William Morrow and Company, 1957. Dark blue hardcover binding has illustration in red white and blue of missile launching. Red titles on spine. Clean and tight interior. 256 pages with index.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Morrow, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow, 1957. Hardcover. Poor. Photos. A look back with this readable copy. Worn edges and corners. Ex libris. Stamps and stickers. Slightly loose spine on back cover. Great photos throughout.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1957. 1957, 256pp, illus., blue cloth w/ red & white rocket illus., light shelfwear to cover, gift note to fronty free ep, small piece torn nearly off at top of spine, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -.

UsedGood. Good exlibrary copy with intact jacket under mylar, unmarked and tight, good exlibrary copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York: William Morrow and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with just the teensiest bit of wear at a couple of corners, and a small light stain at the bottom of the rear cover; the jacket is similarly nice, with just some minor wear to the edges and extremities and a couple of tiny brown stains at the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A "state of the technology" report on the early development and growth of the nascent U.S. space program, published just a couple of weeks before the USSR's launch of Sputnik, which brought new urgency to the Americans' efforts by kicking off the so-called "Space Race." (NASA was officially created the following July and began operations in October.) Most of the book is focused on American efforts to put unmanned satellites (the "moons" of the title) into orbit, although the final chapter does engage in a little speculation about possible future… Read More