Credits

Designer

Ralph E. Eckerstrom

Illustrator

Herbert L. Sterrett (diagrams)

Author

Wernher von Braun

Trim size

7 x 9 inches

Pages

98

Price

$3.95

Typefaces

Monotype Modern 8A, 9/11 (text), Intertype Futura Medium and Demibold, 8 pt. (text), Intertype Futura Bold 10 pt. (display), Monotype Ultra Bodoni 18 pt. (display), Type page 20 x 42 picas and 28 x 42 picas

Compositor

University of Illinois Press Print Shop

Engraver

G.R. Grubb and Company

Printer

University of Illinois Press Print Shop

Printing method

letterpress, two-color title page

Paper

Garamond Text, 70 lb.

Paper supplies

Dwight Bros. Paper Company, Chicago Paper Company

Paper manufacturers

The Champion Paper & Fibre Co. (text), Curtis Paper Co. (binding)

Binder

The Franklin Bindery

Binding

Gray Tweedweave Text paper, 80 lb., over boards, preprinted in black ink by letterpress

Endpapers

black Antique Cover, 65 lb.

Publisher

University of Illinois Press