[ROCKETRY]. A large collection of mid-20th century books regarding the history of rocket science, including:

BERGAUST, Erik. Reaching for the Stars. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. -- BURCHARD, John (ed.) Rockets, Guns, and Targets. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1948. -- CRAWFORD, Russell Tracy. Determination of Orbits of Comets and Asteroids. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1930. -- FIRSTOFF, V.A. Our Neighbour Worlds. London: Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, 1954. -- HARPER, Harry. Dawn of the Space Age. London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., Ltd., [n.d.]. -- HORT, Wilhelm. Die Differntialgeichungen des Ingenieurs. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925. -- KOELLE, Heinz Hermann. Handbook of Aeronautical Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961. -- LEY, Willy. The Lungfish and the Unicorn: An Excursion into Romantic Zoology. New York: Modern Age Books, 1941. INSCRIBED BY LEY WITH ACCOMPANYING DRAWING TO HERBERT SCHAEFER, "With my very best wishes." -- LEY, Willy. Bombs and Bombing: What Every Civilian Should Know. New York: Modern Age Books, 1941. INSCRIBED BY LEY TO HERBERT SCHAEFER, "Who began by suggesting that I should write this book and who ended up with patient proof-reading." -- MOULTON, Forest Ray. An Introduction to Astronomy. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. -- NILES, Edward R.C. Supersonic Aerodynamics: A Theoretical Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950. -- OLIVIER, Charles P. Meteors. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1925. -- RANDOLPH, James R. (ed.). Journal of the American Rocketry Society. New York: American Rocket Society, Inc., [1948-1950]. -- SUTTON, George P. Rocket Propulsion Elements. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1949. -- VINCENT, E.T. The Theory and Design of Gas Turbines and Jet Engines. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950.

Provenance: Willy Ley (1906-1969), German-American science writer; Herbert Schaefer, German-American aerospace engineer and NASA employee.

And 204 others. Together, 219 works in 219 volumes, most in original bindings and most 8vo size, condition generally fine.

This lot is located in Chicago.