Books we would like to see reissued

The university I work at still has a 1st edition copy of Project Cancelled on the shelf (in the engineering section). Since the library recently culled all books not taken out within 5 years I assume at least some students have found it useful.
Comparing it to the 2nd edition copy I have, I would say if you get the chance to acquire a copy then the 2nd edition is better but the changes aren't massive.
 
I would like to grab a Ouija board, bring John Clemow and his fellow authors back from the dead, and do a reprint edition of ALL SEVEN of the Temple Press monographs on rockets and missiles that are listed in the frontispieces of the four books that I actually have.

I am beginning to think the ones on ramjets, aerodynamics and missile control were never actually written, and I want to visit the parallel world in which they were, photograph the crap out of them, and make facsimile editions here. (I have looked up everyone from the publishers to the British Library. Nobody can find them. Nobody. And just about everyone who knew Clemow and might have been able to clarify the matter is dead.)

My plan D for desperation is (not entirely seriously) to post the entire content of the extant books here and wait for the copyright holder to issue a cease and desist. Upon immediately complying, I would then say "Okay, now that we're talking..."
 
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gatoraptor said:
...(P.S. I prefer the Putnams in the smaller page size, not the larger one used in later years.)
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Pasoleati said:
...I agree with gatoraptor that smaller format suited the series much better...
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I own Putnam volumes in both trim sizes, and while I myself prefer the larger, some new Putnams in any size would be great. It's too bad that valued series was allowed to die.

For what it's worth, I would welcome a new revised edition of Eberhard Rössler's 1981 magnum opus, The U-Boat: Evolution and Technical History of German Submarines, expanded to incorporate all the findings of the past four decades on this topic. Used copies of The U-Boat continue to command steep prices (Cassell's 2001 edition was a reprint, not an update). The expert author (who might have since died) wrote several successful editions in the original German, into the 1990s.
 
Orionblamblam said:
It would be interesting to see Al Hazrad's book re-issued in the original Arabic.
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Schneiderman said:
Ah the ultimate secret projects, from the minds of the Old Ones
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As I found, the Latin editions at Harvard and Miskatonic are kept under lock and key, and no photography or photocopying is allowed. Probably for the best—we have enough problems already.
 
Would love the A4/V2 Luftwaffe Classics volume to be reprinted. Sold my copy a few years back to make room on my shelf for new books, caught the V2 itch recently, and can't find a copy of the English edition for less than $400 anywhere.
 
I would also vote for a reworking of Chris Chant's "Modern Aircraft Armament" and "Modern Aircraft Weapons", both to correct any gaps in knowledge in the original entries and to update the texts for the modern era (inasmuch as security will allow).

I was always perplexed by how the AV-8B could be photographed carrying more Mk82 bombs on some racks than the diagram said those racks were rated for. ON THE SAME DAMN PAGE. And there were numerous other confusing entries and outright oopsies not caught at the pre-production stage.
 
composite-enthusiast said:
excusme my ignorance, but you did what? :eek: I'm like crazy trying to find one at least as paid PDF
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Had a stack of magazines in a corner. Thought it was just old magazines. Nope. Both of these were in the stack that went in the trash. (I assume. I've seen neither for some time now and I've looked.)
 

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