A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes

by Robert H. Goddard

$15,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1919. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's tan wraps printed in black. Very Good with toning, wear to extremitities and a sizeable chip missing from the top corner of the rear cover. Eagle stamp on circular paper adhered to title page.A classic text of 20th-century rocket science and one of Goddard's most important works. In this, Goddard described his

  • Printing: first

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