714 pgs, 1993, Krieger Publishing
ISBN 978-0894640391

This book is a complete pictorial history of the methods of flight and spaceflight throughout history, from the Greeks of 360 B.C., up to modern day. It is not a history of spaceflight, rather an illustrated look at the concepts behind spaceflight. Illustrations range from Cyrano De Bergerac's flights of fancy to the turn of the century's dreams up to the different international designs of the shuttles today.

Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The Archaeology of the Spaceship: 360 B.C. to A.D. 1783
2. The invention of the Spaceship: 1784 to 1899
3. The Experiments: 1900 to 1938
4. The World War: 1939 to 1945
5. The Golden Age of the Spaceship: 1946 to 1961
6. The Dawn of the Space Age : 1962 to the Present
   
   Epilogue
   Appendixes
   Bibliography