Engineering Space Exploration: Robert Gilruth
Chicago; (1963): Encyclpaedia Britannica Press. Octavo. Item #032054
191 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. A remarkable book on the early space program. Much on the need to get the first American into space. Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and finally the choosing of John Glenn. From Friendship 7 to Aurora 7 with Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra and others who had what Tom Wolf had called "the right stuff". Bound in red cloth stamped with stars in gilt, spine lettering gilt, slight bump to lower corner. Near fine in a very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket showing only slight wear. Scarce in hardcover.
Price: $65.00
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