MENSCHEN IM WELTRAUM: NEUE PROJEKTE FÜR RAKETEN- UND RAUMFAHRT de Oberth, Hermann - 1954

NY: Hanover. G ex-library. (1956). Launching objects into space by two aeronautical engineers. Usual library markings, corners bumped. .

Kino Lorber films, 2008-01-01. DVD. Very Good. 7x5x0. Scratch free disc. Margins to the original case artwork were cut shorter to allow artwork to fit a slimline case. DVD has been re-cased in standard size case. Satisfaction guaranteed!

Liechenstein: Interlibrum Vaduz, 1977. first edition. Paperback. Very good. 7 x 9 in. Paper wraps. Catalogue with some plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; clean, edges a bit worn. Binding tight, text unmarked. Books. Stax.

NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers;, 1959. Scarce first American Edition (so stated). A world-famous rocket pioneer offers his plan for surface transportation in the coming exploration of the moon. The American edition is uncommon. Small 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 98 pages. Translated from the German by Willy Ley.. Very Good (little wear; contents clean & tight with a small ink name on front pastedown); two scrape marks on front cover d/j. A rather unusual copy: Someone has marked-up the front cover of the dust jacket with minute graphics; ink presentation of front endpaper: "Hello Dolly, (I was here But I left)."; a pen list of parts needed for a bicycle on the rear endpaper; someone has also made annotations to the author's biography on the rear panel d/j.

Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Front hinge shows wear, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages foxed, but absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1957. First U.K.? Edition. good. 232, illus., index. Originally published as Menschen im Weltraum, Econ-Verlag, 1954. The author's theories on earth satellites, space stations, suits and equipment, with mathematical justification.

Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First UK Edition. 232 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains 5 black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild sunning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Düsseldorf, Econ-Verlag, 1959. 8vo. 99,+ (7) pp. Paperback. Minor wear to top of spine and front cover, otherwise a well-preserved copy. First edition. Hermann Oberth’s (1894-1989) wildly eccentric proposal for a lunar vehicle, first described in his book ”Menschen im Weltraum” (1954). The vehicle, or moon car, consisted of a spherical compartment for the crew, attached to a single telescopic leg standing on a catepillar track unit, all, including a gyroscope needed to keep the car moving in a vertical position, powered by electricity. If the car approached a canyon or crevasse that could not be crossed on ground, the telescopic leg could be retracted and then forcefully expanded again with the use of compressed air, causing the car to jump forward up to 125 meters above ground and thereby clearing the obstacle. Needless to say, Oberth’s idea was not found practical in any sense, and the lunar vehicles that eventually were developed became much more conventional in their design.

Düsseldorf, Econ-Verlag, 1957. 8vo. Portrait,+ 259,+ (blank),+ (4) pp.+ plates. Illustrated. The last (4) pp. with advertisements. Publ. decorated cloth with dust jacket. In a protective mylar sleeve. Second edition, first published in 1954. In this work, rocketry pioneer Oberth (1894-1989) looks forward into Man’s conquest of space, discussing rocket technology, astronaut’s equipment, space stations, space telescopes, electric spaceships, lunar exploration (including a description of a lunar vehicle) and the colonization of other planets. An interesting if perhaps somewhat megalomanic concept, presented for the first time in ”Menschen im Weltraum”, is the gigantic Weltraumspiegel (space mirror), that Oberth envisages being used to influence climate and weather on Earth, by reflecting and directing light from the Sun towards different parts of the planet’s surface - a form of climate engineering that points forward to the problems of our own age.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Rocket Into Planetary Space.