RAKETEN IN DER IONOSPHÄRENFORSCHUNG. EINE EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE PROBLEME DER FUNKORTUNG, FERNLENKUNG UND FERNMESSUNG VON HÖHENRAKETEN UND MEßSATELLITEN. Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Deutsche Radar-Verlagsgesellschaft m b H, 1956. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-9 [10] 11-192, 112 illustrations, diagrams and figures, some on plate paper, but mostly in the text, original gray cloth stamped in gold. First edition in German. A German edition of FRONTIER TO SPACE (1955). "Contains information on V-2, Viking and Veronique programs" (Ciancone). "Good general nontechnical review of methods of investigating the upper atmosphere" (Humphries). A PRESENTATION COPY WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY BURGESS TO THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY on the front free endpaper. Ciancone 34. Humphries, Rockets and Guided Missiles 19. Partial, very faint tape ghosts on free endpapers, a very good, bright copy. (#135566).
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