For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, (Signed Leather Bound)
by Carpenter, Scott and Stoever, Kris
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- New
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (2003), 2003. Hardcover. New. 8vo. pp. xiii, [4], 4-370. Illustrated. Signed by both authors on a special signed collector's edition page. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity from the Easton Press freely laid in the front. Bound in genuine leather with raised bands and gilt tooling on the spine. All edges are gilt. Silk moire end papers. Satin bookmark bound in. Scott Carpenter was America's fourth astronaut in space and one of the original seven astronauts memorialized in Tom Wolfs' "The Right Stuff". This is an as new, gift quality collector's edition.
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- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001251
- Title
- For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, (Signed Leather Bound)
- Author
- Carpenter, Scott and Stoever, Kris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Easton Press, (2003)
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- astronauts, The Right Stuff, Mercury
- Size
- 8vo
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Arabesque Books
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Atlanta, Georgia
About Arabesque Books
We have been in business since 1978 selling fine old and rare books. All books are professionally wrapped, protected in bubble wrap, and shipped in a sturdy box.
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