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ASTRONAUTICS: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY (later JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY, formerly ASTRONAUTICS). May 1942-June 1951 (numbers 52-85); New Series, September 1951-March/April 1953 (volume 21, number 5 [whole number 86]-volume 23, number 2). Edited by Roy Healey and others. New York: American Rocket Society, May 1942-June 1951 (numbers 52-85); New Series, September 1951-March/April 1953 (volume 21, number 5 [whole number 86]-volume 23, number 2). Octavo, 42 issues, pictorial self wrappers, later printed wrappers, stapled. A long, unbroken run of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY (formerly ASTRONAUTICS, later ASTRONAUTICS: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY), "the official publication of the American Interplanetary Society," comprising numbers 52 through 95, issued between May 1942 and March/April 1953. The early numbers provide information on rocketry and jet propelled aircraft during WWII. The American Rocket Society was the oldest such group in the U.S., organized in 1930 by G. Edward Pendray and David Lasser. The outer pages of the May 1942 issue are dusty; overall, the issues are very good or better. Accompanied by the 88-page American Rocket Society 1951 Roster listing members and journal subscribers. (#173482).

Price: $850.00