seven astronauts themselves von carpenter scott glenn john shepard (12 Ergebnisse)

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.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 473p. Color pictorial title page and endpapers. Illustrated with full page photographs. Top edge red. 8vo. Original cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket, worn and with loss. Hardbound. Book Club Edition. SPACE/3 x 2c 0.0.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.