SCIENCE CLEATOR PHILIP ELLABY Rockets through Space 1936 Fi

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CLEATOR, PHILIP ELLABY. Rockets through Space; or, The Dawn of Interplanetary Space Travel. Photographic plates; text illustrations. 246 pages * Rockets through Space; or, The Dawn of Interplanetary Space Travel. Photographic plates; text illustrations. 227 pages. with signed presentation inscription from cleator dated 26 May 1936 on front free endpaper. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, first in original tan cloth, soiled, spine darkened and rubbed, second in original dark blue cloth, faded along bottom edge, hinges cracked, in worn dust jacket; both generally clean internally. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1936); New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936

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first edition and first american edition, respectively. "Cleator was one of the founders of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). Much of the content is of historical interest, including discussions of early rocket societies and their test activities"--Ciancone 51a-b.