Old - ACROSS the SPACE FRONTIER - Von Braun Willy Ley Chesley Bonestell -1952

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Please be sure to look at my other auctions! I have many more unusual and experimental model kits, books and collectibles listed this week!We do combine items when possible to save you on shipping.Title: Across the Space Frontier Author: Wernher von Braun, Willey Ley, Fred Whipple, Joseph Kaplan, Heinz Haber, Oscar Schachter. Edited by Cornelius Ryan. Illustrated by: Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, Rolf Klep Format: Hardcover Pages: 148 Publisher: Viking PressDate: 19521st Edition.Condition: Item has wear on binder as seen in last photo. Some pan tanning and wear. Otherwise solid very good condition.See book review below for info on contents.This is the first in a set of three books that are expanded treatments of a series of articles that appeared in Collier's magazine beginning in 1952, co-authored by Wernher von Braun and including color illustrations by the father of space art, Chesley Bonestell. The other two books are Conquest of the Moon and The Exploration of Mars. The articles and books were also the basis for a series of three television programs by Walt Disney (Man in Space, Man and the Moon, and Mars and Beyond) that were broadcast on ABC in 1955 and 1957, inspiring a generation of Americans on the promise and excitement of space.This book describes the creation of a 250-foot diameter rotating space station. It would read more

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