Mar 18, 2006 - Sale 2073

Sale 2073 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Von BRAUN, WERNHER; ORDWAY, FREDERICK I. and DOOLING, DAVE. Space Travel, A History. An updated and expanded edition of the classic The History of Rocketry and Space Travel. Begins with early astronomical observations by the ancients, the development of gun powder for early rockets, and details the achievements of Tsiolkovsky, Goddard, and Oberth. Manned space flight is covered through the early Space Shuttle flights. Approximately 9x12 inches and 308 pages, cloth with dust jacket. New York, 1985

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Inscribed with their Mercury, Gemini, and/or Apollo flight number(s) and signed by Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gordon Cooper, Gene Cernan, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, Edgar Mitchell, Tom Stafford and Aleksei Leonov on the half title page. Also signed by Frederick Ordway on the title page.