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International Exploration of Mars: the 4th Cosmic Study of the International Academy of Astronautics. Paris: International Academy of Astronautics 1996

Mars Sample Return Issues and Recommendations. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press 1997 1st edition. ix, 47 p.

Viking I: Early Results. Washington D.C.: NASA 1976 NASA SP-408. 67 p.
Allaby, Michael and James Lovelock. The Greening of Mars. New York: St. Martin’s Press 1984 1st US edition. 166 p.
Allaby, Michael and James Lovelock. The Greening of Mars. London: Andre Deutsch 1984 1st UK edition. 166 p.
Allaby, Michael and James Lovelock. The Greening of Mars. New York: Warner 1984 1st mass market paperback edition.
Antoniadi, E.M. La Planete Mars; etude basee sur les resultats obtenus avec la grande lunette de l'observatoire de Meudon et expose analytique de l'ensemble des travaux exectures sur cet astre depuis 1659. Paris: Librairie Scientifique Hermann et Cie 1930 1st ed. 5 maps, 239 p. "Ouvrage illustre de 150 figures dans le texte et de dix planches hors texte donnant des vues telescopiques de Mars et des cartes detailles de la plantete". One of the seminal works on Mars, a classic study of the history of observation of the planet as well as a record of Antoniadi's own excellent work.
Antoniadi, E.M. trans. by Patrick Moore. The Planet Mars. Shaldon, U.K.: Keith Reid, Ltd. 1975 1st English language ed. One of the seminal works on Mars, a classic study of the history of observation of the planet as well as a record of Antoniadi's own excellent work.
Baker, David. Exploring Mars. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Enterprises 1987. 1st edition. 48 p. For mid grade school - early jr. high.
Baker, V.R. The Channels of Mars Austin: Univ. of Texas 1982 1st ed. 198 p.
Baker, Victor, Michael Carr, Fraser Fanale, Ronald Greeley, Robert Haberle, Conway Leovy, and Ted Maxwell, eds. MECA Symposium on Mars: Evolution of its Climate and Atmosphere July 17-19, 1986. Houston: Lunar and Planetary Insitute 1986 Also referred to as N89-10780, and LPI Tech. Rpt. 87-01.
Batson, R.M., P.M. Bridges, and J.L. Inge. Atlas of Mars: the 1.5M Map Series. Washington D.C.: NASA 1979 NASA SP-438. 1st ed. 146 p. A well done work covering topics such as nomenclature, planimetric mapping procedures, contour mapping, the mapping team, and a bibliography of Mars cartography. This needs a great deal of revision soon, with new information expected from the Surveyor and the Pathfinder probes.
Bergreen, Laurence. The Quest for Mars: the NASA Scientists and Their Search for Life Beyond Earth. London: HarperCollins 2000 1st UK edition. 355 p. Same book as the other Bergreen title. A look at the motivations, discussions and experiments of the late 20th century American scientists who have been looking for life on Mars.
Bergreen, Laurence. Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth. New York: Riverhead Press 2000 1st edition. 355 p. A look at the motivations, discussions and experiments of the late 20th century American scientists who have been looking for life on Mars.
Berry, Graham. Life on Mars? The Incredible Photographic Mission of Mariner IX. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press 1973 1st edition. Illus. 56 p.
Biemann, Hans-Peter. The Vikings of ‘76. Wakefield, MA: Murray Printing Co. 1977 144 p. A history and image record of the Viking project personnel.
Blunck, Juergen. Mars and Its Satellites: a Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature. Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press 1977 1st ed. 222 p. A 2nd edition was published in 1982.
Bortz, Fred. Martian Fossils on Earth? the Story of Meteorite ALH 84001. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press 2001 1st edition. 72 p.
Boston, Penelope J. ed. The Case For Mars I: Proceedings. San Diego: American Astronautical Society, Univelt 1984 1st edition. AAS Science & Technology Series 57. Proceedings of a conference at Boulder, Colorado from April 29 - May 1981. 1st in a series of important Mars conferences.
Bradbury, Ray, Arthyr C. Clarke, Bruce Murray, Carl Sagan, and Walter Sullivan. Mars and the Mind of Man. New York: Harper & Row 1973 1st edition. A classic work from some of the most famous Martian visionaries. Taken from a panel session at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory one day before Mariner 9 arrived at Mars, with commentary from the panel added after the Mariner results were in.
Brandenburg, John E. and Monica Rix Paxson. Dead Mars, Dying Earth. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press 1999 1st edition. 311. An ecological work noting how current environmental actions and policies here might turn us into the next Mars., by comparign martian climatalogical history with Earth.
Burgess, Eric. Return to the Red Planet. New York: Columbia University 1990 1st ed. Not a 2nd edition of Burgess’ earlier work, but a new one which looks at the broader history of Mars exploration and history and current theories and questions about the planet. Includes a nice glossary. 222 p.
Burgess, Eric. To the Red Planet. New York: Columbia University Press 1978 1st edition. 181 p. A history and overview of the Viking Missions.
Caidin, Martin. Destination Mars. Garden City NY: Doubleday 1972 1st ed. 295 p. A distinct book, not an ealier edition of Caidin's 1997 book.
Caidin, Martin and Jay Barbe with Susan Wright. Destination Mars in Art, Myth, and Science. New York: Penguin Studio 1997 1st ed. 228 p. A very goood popular book published in a year when many books on the subject were published. Especially good on discussing early fiction. A distinct work, not an updating of Caidin's 1972 book with a similar name.
Cantril, Hadley. The Invasion from Mars: a Study in the Psychology of Panic, with the Complete Script of the Famous Orson Welles Broadcast. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 1940 1st edition. 228 p. Seveal later printing, though no new material added. Discusses a series of interviews conducted by Princeton 1 week after the broadcast, as part of a study on the effects of radio. Interestingly, Grover's Mill is not far away.
Carr, Michael H. The Surface of Mars. New Haven: Yale University Press 1981 1st ed. 232 p. A classic work. Good, scientific discussion of surface features, w/many maps and photos. Also has an excellent bibliography.
Carr, Michael H. Water on Mars. Oxford : Oxford University Press 1996 1st ed. 229 p. The standard work on the subject, until the findings of Mars Global Surveyor and other projects. in the early 21st century.
Carr, Michael H. and Nancy Evans. Images of Mars: The Viking Extended Mission. Washington D.C.: NASA 1980 1st edition. NASA SP-444. 32 pgs.
Cattermole, Peter. Mars: the Mystery Unfolds London and New York: Oxford University Press 2001 1st edition. Cattermole builds from his earlier 1992 work.
Cattermole, Peter. Mars: the Story of the Red Planet London: Chapman and Hall 1992 1st UK edition. A look at Mars region by region.
Cattermole, Peter. Mars: the Story of the Red Planet New York: Chapman and Hall 1992 1st US edition. A look at Mars region by region.
Chambers, Paul. Life on Mars: ther Complete story London: Blandford 1999 1st edition. 222p. A good recent overview of the efforts taken to investigate the possibility of life on Mars, starting with early observations and Lowell. The focus of the book is on more recent scientific efforts.
Chandler, David. Life on Mars. New York: E. P. Dutton 1979. 1st edition. 212 p. Explores the possibility of life on Mars. Does not appear a paperback version was published.
Clarke, Arthur C. The Snows of Olympus: a Garden on Mars. London: Gollancz 1994 1st British edition. True first edition.
Clarke, Arthur C. The Snows of Olympus: a Garden on Mars. New York: W.W. Norton 1995 1st U. S. edition. 120 pgs. Preceeded by the British
edition, 1994.
Collins, Michael. Mission to Mars: an Astronaut's Vision of Our Future in Space. New York: Grove,Weidenfeld 1990. 1st edition. 307 p. An Apollo astronaut suggests Mars mission plans and concepts.
Collins, Stewart A. The Mariner VI and VII Pictures of Mars. Washington D.C.: NASA 1971 1stredition. 159 p. Contains every picture from the two probes. NASA SP-263.
Cooper, Henry. The Search for Life on Mars: Evolution of an Idea. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1980 1st edition. 254 p.
Corliss, William R. The Viking Mission to Mars. Washington D.C.: NASA 1974 1st edition. NASA SP-334. 77 pgs. Illus. w/photos and diagrams.
DiGregorio, Barry with Dr. Gilbert V. Levin and Dr. Patricia Ann Straat. Mars: the Living Planet Berkeley: Frog Ltd. 1997 1st edition. 365 p. A work focusing on the interpretation and implications of the Viking Labeled Release Experiment data of Levin and Straat and meteorites ALH 84001 and EETA 79001.
Drake, Micahel J., Ronald Greeley, Gordon A. McKay, Douglas P. Blanchard, Michael H. Carr, James Gooding, Christopher P. McKay, Paul D. Spudis, and Steven W. Squyres, eds. Workshop on Mars Sample Return Science Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute 1988 also known as N89-18288 and LPI Tech. Rpt. 88-07.
Ezell, E.C. and L.N. Ezell. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. Washington D.C.: NASA 1984 1st ed. Chronology and History of the Viking Mission, with discussion of earlier probes as well. NASA SP-4212. 535 p. with extensive notes. Trade paperback.
Firsoff, V.A. The New Face of Mars. London: Ian Henry 1980 1st ed. In leatherette covers. Arguably a 2nd edition of his 1969 work. 159 p.
Firsoff, V.A. The World of Mars. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1969 1st ed. 128 p. Paperback only.
Fisher, David. The Third Experiment: Is There Life on Mars? New York: Atheneum 1985 1st edition. A popular look at the exobiology experiments of the vbiking Missions
Flammarion, N.Camille. La Planete Mars et ses Conditions d'Habitabilitie'. Gauthier-Villars et Fils 1892-1909 1st ed. 2 vols. 608 and 598 p., respectively. Standard work covering the history of Mars thought and exploration up to 1909. A draft English translation apparently exists in one copy only, at the Lowell Observatory Library in Arizona.
Gibbons, John, et al. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1991. Also known as report OTA-ISC-502 and PB91-220046. A report by the Office of Technology Assessment. The report is also available in 10 pdf files at Princeton, but don't count on it always being there. The NASA Link will probably be more stable in the long run.
Glasstone, Samuel. The Book of Mars. Washington D.C.: NASA 1968 1st edition. SP-179. Covers what was known about Mars up to Mariner 9. 315 p.
Goldsmith, Donald. The Hunt for Life on Mars New York: Dutton 1997 1st edition. 267 p. Primarily a study of the ALH 84001 meteorite and the controversy surrounding the theory that it shows evidence of Martian life.
Gornitz, V. The Geology of the Planet Mars. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross 1979 1st ed. Volume 48 of Benchmark Papers in geology. Contains 26 important technical articles about the geology of Mars. 414 p.
Granger, Robert A. Life on Mars Lady Lake, FL: Scientific Archives 1997 1st edition. 164 p. A serious work looking at the conditions for life on Mars.
Hancock, Graham. The Mars Mystery: the Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet. New York: Crown 1998 1st edition. 344 p. Another work building on Hoagland's theories.
Hansson, Anders. Mars and the Development of Life. Chichester, NY: Wiley 1997 1st edition. xx, 198 p.
Hartmann, William K. and Odell Raper. New Mars: Discoveries of Mariner IX. Washington D.C.: NASA 1974 1st edition. Illus. 179 p.
Hoagland, Richard. The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1987 1st edition. Account of the face and the Cydonia region.
Hoagland, Richard. The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1992 2nd edition, paperback only. New material, observations, and theories added. Account of the face and the Cydonia region. Later edition in 1996 continues to refute NASA finding about the face, addressing new data.
Hoyt, WIlliam Graves. Lowell and Mars. Tucson: Univ. of Arizona 1976 1st ed. Also published in trade paperback, 1976 and 1996. The best biography of Lowell, with good discussion of his influence. 376 p.
Ip, W. H. B. H. Foing and P. L. Masson editors. The Moon and Mars : Proceedings of the B0.3 and B0.4 Symposia of COSPAR Scientific Commission B which was held during the Thirty-second COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Nagoya, Japan, 12-19 July, 1998. Oxford: Pergamon 1999 1st edition. Advances in Space Research v. 23 no. 11.
Joels, Kerry Mark. The Mars One Crew Manual. New York: Ballantine 1985 1st edition. 182 p. Softcover. A popular detailed, though hypothetical, look at the first manned mission to Mars.
Keating, G. M. editor. Exploration of Venus and Mars Atmospheres: Proceedings of the Symposium of COSPAR Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission C and of Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission B of the COSPAR Twenty-ninth Plenary Meeting held in Washington, DC, U.S.A., 28 August-5
September, 1992		 Oxford: for the Committee on Space research by Pergamon 1992 1st edition. vi, 189 p.
Kellogg, W.W. and Carl Sagan. The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus. Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council 1961 1st ed. Publication 944. 151 p.
Kepler, Johannes and Tycho Brahe. Astronomia nova aitiologetos : sev physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de otibvs stellae Martis, ex observationibus G. V. Tychonis Brahe, jussu & sumptibus Rvdolphi II ... plurimum annorum pertinaci studio elaborata Pragae. Prague: G. Voegelinus 1609 1st ed. De motibus stellae Martis - "On the motion of the star Mars". Kepler dicovered the elliptical orbits of the planets based on Brahe’s observations of Mars and his own calculations regarding that planet’s behavior. He also determined that planets speed up as their orbits bring them closer to the sun.
Kieffer, H.H., B. M. Jablonsky, C.W. Snyder, and M.S. Matthews, eds. Mars. Tucson: Univ. of Arizona 1992 1st ed. an excellent collection of 38 articles covering all aspects of Mars research. Includes a glossary, bibliography, color plate section, and an appendix on the origin and use of Martian nomenclature. Accompanied by two sets of maps from the USGS, covering the topology and geology of the Martian surface. 1498 p.
Knight, David C. First Book of Mars: an Introduction to the Red Planet. New York: Franklin Watts 1966 1st edition. 96 p. For late grades thru jr. high.
Koch, Howard. The Panic Broadcast: the Whole Story of Orson Welles' Legendary Radio Show 'Invasion From Mars'.

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Koch, Howard. The Panic Broadcast: the Whole Story of Orson Welles' Legendary Radio Show 'Invasion From Mars'. New York: Avon 1970. 1st paperback edition. 163 p. Includes complete script, photographs and cartoons, reprinted newspaper articles, and an introductory interview with Arthur C. Clarke. Ironically, this paperback was published by a Hearst company.
Levitt, I.M. A Space Traveler’s Guide to Mars. New York: Henry Holt 1956 1st edition. 175 pgs. There was at least one other printing, in 1958.
Levitt, I.M. A Space Traveler’s Guide to Mars. London: Gollancz 1957 1st UK edition. 172 pgs.
Ley, Willy. Mariner IV to Mars. New York: New American Library 1966 1st ed. 157 p. Softcover only. No hardcover made.
Ley, Willy and Werner von Braun. Project Mars - a Master Blueprint for Mans First Exploration Trip to Mars London: Badger 1961 1st paperback edition of Exploration of Mars, with black and white illustrations only it seems.
Ley, Willy and Werner von Braun. The Exploration of Mars. London: Sidgewick and Jackson 1956 1st edition. 184 p. Has good bibliography of books. Color illus. and 5 b&w illus. by Chesley Bonestell, perhaps the best known illustrator of Mars.
Ley, Willy and Werner von Braun. The Exploration of Mars. New York: Viking 1956 1st U.S. ed. 176 p. Has good bibliography of books. Color illus. and 5 b&w illus. by Chesley Bonestell, perhaps the best known illustrator of Mars. Has image of rocket leaving the orbit of a planet etched into the front of the binding.
Lowell, Percival. Mars. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin 1895 1st ed. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet. 228 p.
Lowell, Percival. Mars. London: Longman, Green and Co. 1896 1st British edition. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet. 228 p.
Lowell, Percival. Mars. History of Astronomy Reprints 1978 Later limited edition of the 1895 work. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet.
Lowell, Percival. Mars. Elibron Classics 2001 Later UK reprint edition of the 1895 work. Paperback. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet.
Lowell, Percival. Mars. Waterbury, CT: Brohan 2002 Later reprint edition of the 1895 work. Paperback. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet.
Lowell, Percival. Mars and Its Canals. New York: Macmillan 1906 1st edition. 393 p. 2nd of the three major books by Lowell about Mars. There was a second printing in August 1907, and it was still being printed as of 1911.
Lowell, Percival. Mars and Its Canals. Waterbury, CT: Brohan 2003 Reprint edition of the work, a facsimile of the thisd edition of 1911. Paperback. 2nd of the three major books by Lowell about Mars.
Lowell, Percival. Mars as the Abode of Life. New York: Macmillan 1908 1st edition. 288 p. 8 lectures published together, this work puts forth the full unfettered view of Lowell’s populated Mars. 3rd of his Mars titles, and arguably the most controversial. A second printing was done in 1909, and a third in 1910.
Lowell, Percival. Mars as the Abode of Life. Waterbury, CT: Brohan 2000 Rrprint edition. 288 p. Paperback. 8 lectures published together, this work puts forth the full unfettered view of Lowell’s populated Mars. 3rd of his mars titles, and arguably the most controversial.
Lupoff, Richard A. Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision. Baltimore: Mirage 1976 1st, limited edition of 1500 copies. (vi) 162 p. Illus. by Ray Krenkel.
Lupoff, Richard A. Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision. Gryphon 2001 1st paperback edition of the original 1976 work. 12 of the works were signed by author and publisher.
Mariner 9 Television Team & Planetary Program, NASA. Mars as Viewed by Mariner IX. Washington D.C.: NASA 1974 1st edition. Illus. 225 p. Revised edition in 1976.
Matsunaga, Spark M. The Mars Project: Journey’s Beyond the Cold War. New York: Hill and Wang 1986 1st edition. Written by the late U.S. Senator from Hawaii. Calls for a joint US-Soviet mission by the end of the century.
McDaniel, Stanley V. The McDaniel Report: On the Failure of Executive, Congressional, and Scientific Responsibility in Investigating Possible Evidence of Artificial Structures on the Surface Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1994 1st edition. (24) 174 p. A book arguing for an extraterrestrial cause for the face of Cydonia.
McKay, Christopher P., ed. The Case For Mars II: Proceedings. American Astronautical Society, Univelt 1985 1st edition. AAS Science & Technology Series 62. Proceedings of a conference held July 10-14 1984.
McMillen, Kelly ed. The Case For Mars V: Making Mars an Affordable Destination. San Diego: American Astronautical Society, Univelt 2000 1st ed. AAS Science & Technology Series 97. Proceedings of a conference held May 26-29, 1993 at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
McMillen, Kelly ed. The Case For Mars VI: Making Mars an Affordable Destination. San Diego: American Astronautical Society, Univelt 2000 1st ed. AAS Science & Technology Series 98. Proceedings of a conference held July 17-20, 1996 at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Meyer, Thomas R. ed. The Case For Mars IV: International Exploration of Mars - Volume I: Mission Strategies and Architectures. Volumes 2: Considerations for Sending Humans. San Diego: American Astronautical Society, Univelt 1997 1st edition. 2 volumes. AAS Science & Technology Series 89 and 90. Proceedings of a conference held June 4-8 1990 at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Miles, Frank and Nicholas Booth. Race to Mars: The Harper & Row Mars Flight Atlas. New York: Harper & Row 1988 1st edition.
Miles, Frank and Nicholas Booth. Race to Mars: The Harper & Row Mars Flight Atlas. London: Macmillan 1988 1st UK edition.
Miles, Frank and Nicholas Booth. Race to Mars: The Harper & Row Mars Flight Atlas. Toronto: Harper Collins 1988 1st Canadian edition.
Moore, H.J., R.E. Hutton, G.D. Clow, and C.H. Spitzer. Physical Properties of the Surface Materials at the Viking Lander Sites. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1987 1st ed. USGS Professional Paper 1389. 222 p.
Moore, Patrick. A Guide to Mars. London: Frederick Muller 1955 1st edition. 144 p. May be the very first edition of the similarly titles 1977 work by Moore.
Moore, Patrick. A Guide to Mars. New York: Macmillan 1958 1st American edition. 124 p. May be the first edition of the similarly titles 1977 work by Moore.
Moore, Patrick. A Guide to Mars. New York: W.W. Norton 1977 1st American edition. 214 p. Covers the history of the exploration of Mars up to Viking. May be an second edition of his earlier 1955 work of the same title.
Moore, Patrick. A Guide to Mars. London: Lutterworth 1977 1st UK edition. 214 p. Covers the history of the exploration of Mars up to Viking. May be an second edition of his earlier 1955 work of the same title.
Moore, Patrick. Patrick Moore on Mars. London: Cassell 1998 1st edition.
Morton, Oliver. Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World. New York: Picador USA 2002 1st US edition. 357 p. A detailed study of the people, ideas, and missions that have dealt with the surface details of Mars. Includes a good discussion artists and their role as well.
Morton, Oliver. Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World. London: Fourth Estate 2002 1st UK edition. 357 p. Interior side of the dust jacket has a stunning colored map of Mars. A detailed study of the people, ideas, and missions that have dealt with the surface details of Mars. Includes a good discussion artists and their role as well.
Mutch, Thomas A., et. al. The Martian Landscape. Washington D.C.: NASA 1978 1st edition. 160 p. with 3-d glasses. NASA SP-425. Images of Mars from the Viking missions.
Mutch, Thomas A., R.E. Arvidson, J.W. Head, K.L. Jones, and R.S. Saunders. The Geology of Mars. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University 1976 1st edition. 400 p. Covers geologic nformation known before the Viking missions.
Nelson, the Earl (Albert Francis Joseph Horatio). There IS Life on Mars . London 1955 1st UK edition. A well meaning, yet seriously flawed book looking at the possibility of plant and intelligent life on Mars. perhaps too heavily influenced by Lowell. Lovely dust jacket however.
Nelson, the Earl (Albert Francis Joseph Horatio). There IS Life on Mars . New York: Citadel Press 1956 1st US edition. 152 p. A well meaning, yet seriously flawed book looking at the possibility of plant and intelligent life on Mars. perhaps too heavily influenced by Lowell. Lovely dust jacket however.
Norman, Ruth and Thomas Miller. Martian Underground Cities Discovered. El Cajon, CA: Unarius Education Foundation 1977 1st edition. Paperback. 341 p.
O'Leary, Brian. Mars 1999: Exclusive Preview of the U.S.-Soviet Manned Mission. Harrisburg: Stackpole Books 1987 1st edition. 160 p.
Oberg, James E. Mission to Mars: Plans and Concepts for the First manned landing. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole 1982 1st edition. 221 p. Fairly good bibliography for a popular title.
Perminov, V. G. The Difficult Road to Mars : a Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union. Washington, D.C. : NASA 1999 q1t edition. 79 p. Illus. A short history of the tremendously supported yet unsuccessful Soviet Mars exploration missions.
Pittendrigh, Colin, Wolf Vishniac, and J. P. T. Pearman eds. Biology and the Exploration of Mars: Report of a Study Held Under the Auspices of the Space Science Board 1964-1965. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences National Research Council 1966 1st edition. 516 p. Illus.
Planetary Society/Virtual Reality Labs. Visions of Mars. Virtual Reality Labs 1994 A CD-ROM which contains more than 70 novels, stories, and articles about Mars, from a 10th century Arabic poem to Robinson’s Green Mars. Also included are 54 images of the planet drawn from sf and astronomy sources. Radio selection include Orson Wells’ War of the Worlds and part of a documentary made the night the Viking I lander, now named Thomas A. Mutch Station, settled on Mars.
Portree, David S. F. Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning 1950 - 2000. Washington D.C.: NASA 2001 1st edition. 152 p. Illus. NASA SP 2001-4521. Monographs in Aerospace History #21. aAdetailed inside look at NASA planning for manned Mars Misions. Very good bibliography.
Powers, Robert. Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1986 1st edition. 230 p. Discusses the colonization and terraforming of Mars.
Pozos, Randolfo Rafael The Face on Mars: Evidence for a Lost Civilization? Chicago: Chicago Review Press 1986 1st edition. softcover only. 135 p. Follows and adds little to Hoaglund.
Pritchett, Price and Brian Muirhead. The Mars Pathfinder Approach to "Faster-Better-Cheaper". Dallas: Pritchett & Associates 1998 1st edition.
Raeburn, Paul and Matt Golombeck. Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet. New York: National Geographic 1998. 1st edition.
Reiber, Duke B. ed. The NASA Mars Conference. San Diego: Univelt 1988 1st edition. 535 p. the 21-23 July 1986 conference at the National Academy of Sciences, sponsored by NASA and the American Astronautical Society. AAS Sciecne and Technology Series, vol. 71.
Richardson, Robert S. Exploring Mars. New York: McGraw-Hill 1954 1st edition. 261 p. . Approx. 1/3 of the book discusses the asteriods and other planets in the solar system.
Richardson, Robert Shirley. Exploring Mars. New York: McGraw Hill 1954 1st edition. 256 p. Went through multiple printings.
Rovin, Jeff Mars! the First Complete Book of Martian Fact and Fantasy. Los Angles: Corwin Books 1978 1st edition. 244 p. A good overview of science and fiction about Mars, superseded by Caidin's Destination Mars (the more recent of the two by that title).
Roy, John Flint A Guide to Barsoom: the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs. New York: Ballantine 1976 1st edition. 200 p. paperback. Cover art by Boris Vallejo. Interior line illus. by Neal MacDonald.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio Corrispondenza su Marte. Vol. 1 1877-1889. Vol. 2 1890 - 1900. Pisa : Domus Galilaeana 1963, 1978 1st edition. 2 volumes. in Italian. I understand this to be the complete correspondence of Schiaparelli concerniing Mars.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio Il Pianeta Marte. Milan : Casa Editrice Dotter Francesco Vallardi 1893 1st edition. 21 p. Illus. A scarce but important pamphlet by this famous astronomer.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio Osservazioni Astronomiche e Fisiche sull'asse di Rotazione sulla Topografia del Pianeta Marte fatte nella Reale Specola di Brera in Milano Coll'Equatoriale di Merz (Opposizione del 1886). Rome: Reale Accademia dei Lincei 1897(?) 1st edition. 50 p. Illus. Schiaparelli's notes on Mars from his observations of the Opposition of 1886.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio Osservazioni Astronomiche e Fisiche sulla Topografia e Constituzione del Pianeta Marte fatte nella Specola Reale in Milano Coll'Equatoriale di Merz-Repsold Durante l'Opposizione del 1890. Rome: Reale Accademia dei Lincei 1910 1st edition. 60 p. Illus. Schiaparelli's notes on Mars from his observations of the Opposition of 1890.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio. translated by William Sheehan. Astronomical and Physical Observations of the Axis of Rotation and the Topography of the Planet Mars. First Memoir, 1877-1878. Asscoiation of Lunar and Planetary Observers 1996 1st English language edition. 59 p. Illus. Monograph number 5.
Seabrook, Jack. Martians and Misplaced Clues: the Life and Work of Frederic Brown. Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press 1993 Biography and literary discussion of Frederic Brown. 312 p.
Sheehan, William. The Planet Mars: A History of Observation & Discovery. Tucson: University of Arizona 1996 1st edition. 270 pgs. A more advanced and academic look at the history of Mars in human civilization and science. Highly recommended for any student of Mars.
Sheehan, William and Stephen James O'Meara. Mars: the Lure of the Red Planet. New York: Prometheus Books
1st edition. 406 p. A more popular apporach than his earlier "Planet Mars", this work covers both the history of Mars and human imagination and more recent developments in science.
Shirley, Donna with Danelle Morton Managing Martians: New York: Broadway 1998 1st edition. 275 p. A very interesting and useful work, with about half dedicated to Shirley's experiences and work as themanager of the Mars Exploration Program at JPL, in particular her work with Pathfinder. No index, however.
Slipher, Earl C. A Photographic History of Mars: 1901 - 1961. Flagstaff: Lowell Observatory with the assistance of the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, USAF 1962 1st edition. 168 p. Illus. Very nice fold out map of Mars at back. A surprisingly scarce title.
Stoker, Carol and Carter Emmarteds. Strategies for Mars: A Guide to Human Exploration. San Diego: American Astronomical Society, Univelt 1996 1st edition. (xxiv) 619 p. AAS Science and Technology Series vol. 86 .
Stoker, Carol, ed. The Case For Mars III: Proceedings. Volume I: General Considerations for Going to Mars. Volume II: Technical Section. San Diego: American Astronautical Society, Univelt 1989 1st edition. 2 volumes. AAS Science & Technology Series 74 and 75. Proceedings of a conference held July 18-22 1987.
Strughold, Hubertus. The Green and Red Planet: A Physiological Study of the Possibility of Life on Mars. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico 1953 1st edition. 107 pgs. A fine book by a respected doctor and expert in the field.
Strughold, Hubertus. The Green and Red Planet: A Physiological Study of the Possibility of Life on Mars. London: Sidgewick and Jackson 1954 1st UK edition. 96 pgs. A fine book by a respected doctor and expert in the field.
Vaucouleurs, Gerard de. Physics of the Planet Mars: an Introduction to Areophysics. London: Faber & Faber 1954 1st English language edition. 365 pgs.
Vaucouleurs, Gerard de. Physics of the Planet Mars. An Introduction to the Science of Areophysics. New York: Macmillan 1954 1st US edition. 365 p.
Vaucouleurs, Gerard de. Physique de la Planete Mars - Introduction a l'Areophysique Paris: Albin Michel 1951 1st edition. 420 p. Paper wraps.
Vaucouleurs, Gerard de. trans. by Patrick Moore. The Planet Mars. London: Faber & Faber 1950 1st English language edition. 91 p.
von Braun, Wernher. The Mars Project. Urbana: Univ. of Illinois 1953 1st edition. 91 p. Based on Das Marsprojekt, a special issue of the magazine Weltraumfahrt, 1952. A softover was published in 1962.
Wallace, Sir Alfred Russel. Is Mars Inhabited? New York: Macmillan 1907 1st ed. A short critical review of Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell in book form. Wallace suggests that Mars is very much as we know it is today, and seeks to ground many of Lowell’s lofty claims.
Walter, M. R. The Search for Life on Mars. Cambridge MA: Perseus 1999 1st edition. xiv, 170 p.
Washburn, Mark. Mars at Last! New York: G. P. Putnam 1977 1st edition. 1st popular history of the Viking missions.
Wells, R. A. The Geophysics of Mars. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier 1979 1st edition. xxi, 678 p. illus.
Wilford, John Noble. Mars Beckons. New York: Knopf 1990 1st edition. 244 p. A very good introductory work which looks at the history of observation, exploration, and Terran thinking about Mars.
Zubrin, Robert and Maggie Zubrin, editors. Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society San Diego: Univelt 1999. 1st edition.
Zubrin, Robert and Richard Wagner. The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must. New York: Free Press 1996 1st edition. 328 pgs. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. A staple in the Mars Society (www.marssociety.com) canon of works.

 
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