Reddit mentions of Spacecraft, 2000-2100 A.D.: Terran Trade Authority Handbook

Was it this?

There's a great series of 4 coffee table books from the 70s (amazon: Terran Trade Authority) that wove a history of human space colonization around a collection of previously published sci-fi book cover art... every book in the series is a must-have for any who's serious about the genre. They're nice hardcover books full of old school sci-fi art, and you can see the direct lineage of styles that have become standard modern digital/Deviant art.

Example:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0890092117

Edit: the four titles:

Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD

Great Space Battles

Spacewreck (ghostships and derelects of space)

Starliners

I appreciate the guy's enthusiasm, but there's not much original here. There's a book I used to check out from the library when I was in grade school published in NINTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT!!! That has stuff like this, and much better! Check it out here

http://www.amazon.com/Spacecraft-2000-2100-D-Stewart-Cowley/dp/0890092117/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in

from 1978?