Conquest of the Moon

Von Braun, Wernher; Whipple, Fred; Ley, Willy

Ryan, Cornelius (Ed)

The Viking Press

1953

First Edition of the first book to detail von  Braun's plans for a manned mission to the moon, published 16 years before the successful United States Apollo 11 mission. Expanded version of a series of scientific articles which appeared in Collier's Magazine under the title 'Man on the Moon'.

Quarto. Original cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Very Good condition in Good dust with chipping and general wear.

Illustrated by Chelsey Bonestall, Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep.