Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


john young brown

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “john young brown
Skip side bar filters
  • To the Moon and Back in Ninety Days

    Includes over 60 original illustrations and photosFeatures biographical material by Ron MillerNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” This 1922 novel by John Young Brown is one of the rarest and most unusual of all the early spaceflight stories. Told in a documentary style, it is profusely illustrated with photos and diagrams, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

People who read this also enjoyed

  • From the Earth to the Moon

    by Jules Verne ...
    Series series Extraordinary Voyages
    Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Pioneers of Space

    Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” Pioneers of Space (1949) was later reincarnated almost word-for-word as the "non-fiction" Inside the Space Ships, one of the books largely responsible for the UFO craze of the 1950s and 60s. Ghost-written by Adamski acolyte Lucy McGinnis, this novel contains some of the most inept scientific ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Mars

    A spectacular book - it is based on Lowell's extensive study of Mars. It contains several of his interesting discoveries and theories including the one about intelligent life on Mars. A must-read, especially for readers fascinated by astronomy. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • From the Earth to the Moon

    (Annotated)(New Translation)(Unabridged)

    by Jules Verne ...
    Newly translatedUnexpurgated text includes both From the Earth to the Moon and Around the MoonIncludes original footnotes by Verne and the original illustrationsFeatures special annotations and appendicesNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” Undoubtedly the most important, influential space novel ever written. This newly ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Brick Moon

    Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” While written by Edward Everett Hale with tongue in cheek, this short novel from 1869 contains the first-ever description of an artificial earth satellite. It also describes the potential benefits of such a satellite for navigation, communication, weather observation, etc. Includes "On Vesta ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Purchase of the North Pole

    (Annotated)(Unabridged)

    by Jules Verne ...
    Replaced previously deleted materialNewly edited textIncludes the original illustrationsNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” The Purchase of the North Pole is one of Verne's lesser-known works. A sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, it tells of the Gun Club's mad plans to tip the Earth on its axis in order to access the coal ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Zero to Eighty

    Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrationsFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” One of the most obscure and fascinating of all pre-spaceflight books, this fictional "autobiography" by “Akkad Pseudoman (E.F. Northrup) includes detailed descriptions (with photos and a technical appendix) of the first-ever practical experiments with an ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Christmas Dinner with the Man in the Moon

    Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrationsFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” Washington Gladden was a noted clergyman, theologian and social reformer whose many books on these subjects were highly respected. It may have come as a surprise to his admirers to find this delightful fantasy, first published in a children's magazine in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Daring Trip to Mars

    by Max Valier ...
    Includes a biographical afterwordNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatures the original illustrationsFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” A short science fiction story written by one of the most colorful personalities of the early years of rocketry, Max Valier.At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Edge of the Future

    Popular Science Writing at the Rise of the Twentieth Century

    Magazines of the late nineteenth century brought fiction, political commentary, history, and articles on astounding inventions and discoveries into the homes and minds of an increasingly literate population in the United States. This collection brings together science stories and illustrations that stirred the imaginations and curiosity of Victorian readers of the new McClure’s Magazine.On those ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Classic Venus Stories, Vol. 1

    Series series Classic Venus Stories
    This volume contains the following four complete classic science fiction works about our neighboring planet, Venus.“Wind,” by Charles L. Fortenay“Spacewrecked on Venus,” by Neil R. Jones“The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life,” by Homer Eon Flint“The Venus Trap,” by Evelyn E. SmithThe volume also contains a speculation about life on other worlds by E. Walter Maunder that is entitled "Are the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD