schirra walter carpenter scott glenn (26 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Zustand: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: G-VG. 1st Printing. 1st printing, April 1963. The first generation of astronauts' story, in their own words. 32 pages of photos. Minor cover wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Reprint. Hard cover binding, 375 pp. Photograph endpapers, index. illustrations. Previous owner tag to front endpaper, front hinge cracked. Good condition.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: NEAR FINE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. 352pp. Color photo endpapers, B/W photo plates. Sewn binding in black cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Some light scuffing to the cloth, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise. DJ tips worn, laminant separating along the front spine, clean and bright otherwise.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ. First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Stated. A Bright, Unworn, Undamaged, Unmarked Copy, Near Fine, Lcking Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Printing [Stated]. 352 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Index. Cover has wear, chips, tears and soiling. Derived from a Kirkus review: The Astronauts are our new heroes, "part pilot, part engineer, part explorer, part scientist, " They're also, organization men supreme, sounding remarkably alike. The book presents the seven essaying why they joined Project Mercury (the reasons embrace pride in country and in self), the meaning of teamwork and training, the physical and psychological exams (almost all make sub rosa cracks re headshrinkers), and, most important, a full-scale record of the preparations for and enactment of the first sub-orbital and orbital take-offs by participants Shepard and Grissom, Glenn and Carpenter. It's the latters' accounts which prove the most exciting and exemplary, especially the Friendship 7 flight. So for all the Redstone, Atlas, Canaveral, NASA details and all the challenges and courageous responses shown. The book is a rewarding revelation.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. 95, [3] pages plus covers. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Maps. Figures. Covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear, sticker scuff on front cover. The cover states: "The Only First-Hand Story of America's Man-in-Space Project." This is by the seven astronauts of Project Mercury with Loudon Wainwright a staff writer for Life Magazine. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $1.8 billion adjusted for inflation. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. Special Edition. Pre-flight printing [stated].

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Octavo, 473 pages. Good plus in Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is black with white and red text. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and shows mild shelf wear; some chipping at head of spine; and scuffing on jacket back cover. Light age toning to jacket. Boards show moderate rubbing along bottom edges and light rubbing at top fore corners. Bumping to fore corners and head/tail of spine. Text block shows expected age toning. Splitting at front hinge and in gutter of pages 404-405. Inscribed in pen by former owners on front flyleaf. Inscribed in black ink by former astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. on front flyleaf: "To Lawrence-- / John Glenn". Embossed stamp on first free endpaper, which has resulted in small cuts along lines of stamp. Shelved in Room A. 1399837. Special Collections.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of Americaâs manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven Astronaut Scott Carpenter on the second front free endpaper, "Scott Carpenter Aurora 7." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. âThe first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort⦠In volunteering to entrust their lives to Mercuryâs spirit and Atlasâ strength to blaze a trail for man into the empyrean, they chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance, circumstance, technology and history had prepared for themâ (Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander, 164-65). We Seven chronicles the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of those who pioneered it, with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of Americaâs manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mercury Seven Astronauts on the front free endpaper, "Bob Best wishes- Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. âThe first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort⦠In volunteering to entrust their lives to Mercuryâs spirit and Atlasâ strength to blaze a trail for man into the empyrean, they chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance, circumstance, technology and history had prepared for themâ (Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander, 164-65). We Seven chronicles the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of those who pioneered it, with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. first. SIGNED first printing, as stated on copyright page. Signed by Carpenter, Schirra, Shepard and Cooper. Book fine. Dust jacket near fine, indent along spine, some tape residue along edges of vertical part of flaps.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. limited. SIGNED limited edition, leather bound. 1/3000, signed by Carpenter, Cooper and Glenn. Book fine. Still in original shrinkwrap.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. signed limited. SIGNED limited edition, leather bound. 1/3000, this being number 983, signed by Carpenter, Cooper and Glenn. Laid-in are two certificates of authenticity from Easton Press signed by Glenn and Cooper. Book fine. Comes in custom-made cloth slipcase.

First edition of this first-hand account of the genesis of Americaâs manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the half-title page by John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and comedian Bill Dana aka Jose Jimenez. Jimà nez was a fictional character created and performed by comedian Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show in 1959 and who became increasingly popular during the 1960s, and is cited in this volume on several occasions. This character introduced himself with the catch phrase: "My name. Josà Jimà nez". The character of Josà Jimà nez caught on with the seven real Mercury astronauts, and Dana became good friends with them: "Okay, Josà , you're on your way!" Deke Slayton quipped as Alan Shepard's famous first flight launched. Josà became the program's unofficial mascot, and Dana was even made an honorary Mercury astronaut. (Coincidentally, there was a real test pilot named Bill Dana, who flew as high as 59 miles up and qualified for NASA's Astronaut Badge. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A unique signed example. âThe first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort⦠In volunteering to entrust their lives to Mercuryâs spirit and Atlasâ strength to blaze a trail for man into the empyrean, they chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance, circumstance, technology and history had prepared for themâ (Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander, 164-65). We Seven chronicles the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of those who pioneered it, with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections.

Hardcover. Zustand: As new. [4], 352 pages. Frontis (color). Illustrations. (some in color). Index. Removed from original shrinkwrap for cataloguing. The Easton Press's books are known for their elegant covers. Each book has the following features: Bound in genuine leather; Spine accented with 22 kt gold; Printed on archival paper; and Gilded page edges. The special contents of this edition were copyrighted in 1997 by The Easton Press. Facsimile signatures of Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn on front cover. Authentic signatures of Carpenter, Cooper and Glenn are on the Collector's Edition page above the number of the limited edition. Laid in are Certificates of Authenticity signed by Carpenter and dated 6 Nov., 1996, Cooper and dated 13 Nov 96, and Glenn dated 12-4-96 . Each signature was witnessed, Cooper's by Susan Cooper. The certificate indicated that the Authors received 25 additional unnumbered copies over and above the 3000 individually numbered copies. The Certificates are also signed by Roy S. Pfeil, Publisher. Thus, there are two Carpenter. Cooper, and Glenn autographs each! Also laid in is an unattached Easton bookplate. The heroic story of the Mercury Seven, the pioneer astronauts who risked their lives for America's first manned space voyages. Project Mercury ran from 1959 through 1963, put the first American in space, and defined NASA's manned space flights to come, from Gemini through Apollo. In We Seven, the astronauts including Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slaytonâ"take you behind the scenes of this pioneering programâ"even into the space capsules themselves. Fascinating firsthand accounts and black-and-white photographs throughoutâ"the astronauts describe the launches, hair-raising challenges, and incredible successes of Project Mercuryâ"from breaking through the earth's atmosphere to when a hatch blows. But Project Mercury was more than the heroism of individual missions. In We Seven, America's original astronauts share with usâ"as only they canâ"the hopes and dreams of the US at the dawn of a new era. Collector's Edition, Number 1103 of 3000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 6 volume matched set, all volumes signed with certificates of authenticity. All are #2465 of 3000. Fine condition. Bound in black leather. Extensive gilt decoration. Archival quality paper. In 1,000 years, these men will still be honored as the first Americans in space. Composed of Men From Earth, Countdown, We Seven, Lost Moon: the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, Schirra's Space and Moon Shot.

Zustand: Good. 8 x 10 photographs, all but one signed by the astronauts. Mostly black and white; in individual folders with manuscript biographies in French.This collection was put together by a French space enthusiast and contains manuscript details on the flights in French as well as printed ephemera. .Bassett 's photograph from NASA dated 1963, not signed. John Glenn's signature is on newspaper picture of a spaceship taking off. Frank Borman: 1 signed and 3 unsigned.

Zustand: Fine. Collector's Edition. Limited to 3,000 copies, in which this is number 785. Signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn to limitation page. Easton Press certificate of authenticity for Carpenter and Cooper are present, but lacking Glenn's (superfluous) certificate. Dot of gilt not adhering to page edge. Black leather boards with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, a silk ribbon, and four raised bands. Gilt edges and Smyth sewn gatherings. No previous owners' names.

Zustand: As New. Collector's Edition. Six volume signed limited set (five of which are in the publisher's original shrink wrap) numbered and signed by respective astronauts to limitation pages. All Easton press certificates of authenticity are included. Uniform black leather with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, silk ribbons, gilt edges, smyth sewn; four raised bands. No owners' names, bookplates or other deformities. A virgin set. 6.25 x 9.25 in.

Zustand: Good. 8 x 10 photographs, all but one signed by the astronauts. Mostly black and white; in individual folders with manuscript biographies in French.This collection was put together by a French space enthusiast and contains manuscript details on the flights in French as well as printed ephemera. Bassett 's photograph from NASA dated 1963, not signed. John Glenn's signature is on newspaper picture of a spaceship taking off. Frank Borman: 1 signed and 3 unsigned.