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Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera

Non-fiction children's space flight stuff 1945-1975.

  • By John Sisson
  • Roughly 39 posts per year
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Year starting Posts
2021 5
2022 26
2023 46
2024 7

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Most recent posts

Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read …
On , by John Sisson, 170 words
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some …
On , by John Sisson, 67 words
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.New Treasury for …
On , by John Sisson, 53 words