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[ROCKETRY]. LASSER, David (1902-1996). The Conquest of Space. New York: Penguin Press, 1931. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispieces and 3 plates inserted throughout and with several intertextual illustrations. [vi], [1]-271, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine gilt completely gone and edgeworn, some rubbing, soiling to boards, hinges cracking, text a bit toned. Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOK DEVOTED TO ROCKETRY AND SPACE TRAVEL, THIS COPY SIGNED BY DAVID LASSER, G. EDWARD PENDRAY (1901-1987), AND NATHAN SCHACHNER (1895-1955), THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY. With the publisher’s manuscript presentation beneath these signatures (“Compliments Penguin Press”). The American Interplanetary Society was one of the first American organizations which tested rockets and promoted the idea of space exploration.