[Rarebooks] FS: WILLY LEY'S "ROCKETS", INSCRIBED

[Norman Kane]

REDUCED:

LEY,WILLY.  ROCKETS, THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL BEYOND THE STRATOSPHERE.  N.Y.: Viking,  1944.  First printing of this seminal work. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper.  Original blue-grey cloth lettered in red and black.  8.5 x 5.75".  Spine just a little sunned, some trivial rubbing to extremities, but a very good plus copy.  Illustrated with photographic plates depicting historic experiments in rocketry and drawings in the text.  Signed copies of the first edition are very scarce.  The author's presentation inscription reads:  "To: Milton Rothman with my best wishes.  Willy Ley."  Milton A. Rothman (1919-2001), was a nuclear scientist and a science-fiction author (under the pseudonym, "Lee Gregor"). He was also a leading figure in science fiction fandom, co-founding the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and organizing Philcon, the oldest annual science fiction convention, where the first Hugo Award was presented in 1953.  An exceptional inscription.  $700.00 ($600.00 to the trade) postpaid

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