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For context, this book was out of print for a long time and the only way to get it was via PDF. The recent re-interest in rockets has led to it being re-published.

https://smile.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-Unive...

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I found the reprint extremely difficult to read due to poor layout decisions. In particular, the font they used for subscripts (the 3 in ClF₃) is tiny and illegible. And there are rather a lot of those in a chemistry book....

I don't think anyone proofed it.

Before it was reprinted, a buddy was going through hard times and to help him out, I bought his hard hard-cover, near mint copy for the going rate at the time: $500.

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