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Willy Ley. Three Books, including:... (Total: 3 Items)
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Willy Ley. Three Books, including: Salamanders and Other Wonders: Still More Adventures of Romantic Naturalist. With Illustrations by Olga Ley. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Octavo. x, 293. Several illustrations throughout the text. Index. Publisher's light green boards with a small illustration blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Bill English. Some light rubbing to the covers and jacket, a small tear to the front of the jacket with wrinkling, a small closed tear to the foot of the jacket spine, some sunning to the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. German-American Willy Ley (1906 - 1969) focused his studies upon science and spaceflight, and popularized both through his writings. This work covers a vast array of information, evidenced by chapter headings such as: The Abominable Snowmen, Prelude to Aviation, The Tree of Death, The Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar, and The Furry Old Man of the Sea.[and:] Another Look at Atlantis: and Fifteen Other Essays. New York: Bell Publishing Company, [1969]. Octavo. viii, 229 pages. Several illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's navy blue boards with the spine lettered in silver. Blue dust jacket with the lettering in white, yellow, and black. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny chipping to the foot of the jacket spine and the bottom front corner. Altogether a very good copy. This small work consists of sixteen fascinating essays, including: The Great Pyramid, the Golden Section and Pi, A Century of New Animals, The Last of Moas, Let's Build and Extraterrestrial!, The Re-Designed Solar System. Lester del Rey provides a nice introduction to the work. [and:] Engineers Dreams. With the Author's Maps and Diagrams and 14 Plates. London; Phoenix House Ltd., [1955]. First published 1955. Octavo. x, 192. Several maps and diagrams throughout the text. Fourteen illustrated plates. Index. Publisher's blue boards with the spine lettered in gilt. Purple dust jacket with two illustrations. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very minor bumping to the corners, some fraying to the edge of the jacket. Altogether a very good copy. In this work Ley discusses, in laymen terms, engineer designs and ideas that were not yet reality. He stresses that once these ideas are physically realized, as so many prior engineering projects, will change the course of civilization. Chapter headings reveal the breadth of the contents within the work: Forbidden Tunnel, Islands Afloat, Industrial Volcanoes, Damming the Jordan, Africa's Central Lake, Atantropa-the Changed Mediterranean, Power from the Sun, Oceans of Energy, and Harnessing the Winds.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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