ESNAULT-PELTERIE (Robert). L'Exploration par fusées... Lot 193

ESNAULT-PELTERIE (Robert). L'Exploration par fusées de la très haute atmosphère et la possibilité des voyages interplanétaires. Paris, Au siège de la Société astronomique de France, 1928. Large in-8, half vellum, title on smooth spine (contemporary binding). First edition. A pioneer of aviation, Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1891-1957) published several papers on rockets and interplanetary travel, of which he was an ardent propagator. Modern astronautics is partly a product of his theoretical work (cf. En français dans le texte, n°362). Bound with 8 other works on modern astronomy: PUISEUX (Pierre). The International Union for Solar Research. Extract from the Revue des Deux-Mondes. Paris, 1908. Signed letter from the author. - PUISEUX (Pierre). Idées anciennes et idées modernes sur la voie lactée. [Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1904]. - NORDMANN (Charles). Introduction à la photométrie hétérochrome des astres. [Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1909]. - NORDMANN (Charles). Is celestial space a dispersive medium? [Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1909]. - OCAGNE (Maurice d'). Precision Instruments in France. New illustrated edition. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1904. - MONTANGERAND. Premier congrès international des sociétés astronomiques (Paris, June 21-24, 1914). Toulouse, Imprimerie et librairie Édouard Privat, 1923. - BAILLAUD (René). Theses presented at the Paris Faculty of Science [...]. Determination of time by means of the Photographic Instrument of Equal Heights [...]. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1923. - DUFAY (Jean). Theses presented to the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris [...]. Research on the light of the night sky. [Parallaxes stellaires]. Imprimerie de Trévoux, G. Patissier, 1928. Signed letter from the author, making a total of 9 works in one volume. Handwritten table on one endpaper.