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[GAGARIN, Yuri].

Yuri Gagarin Signed Russian Rocketry and Space Travel Manual.

Rare Russian Rocketry and Space Travel Manual; inscribed by Famed Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
$7,500.00
Out of Stock Item Number: RRB-125882
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Rare Russian rocketry book signed by the first human to journey into outer space, Yuri Gagarin. Quarto, original half cloth over illustrated boards, illustrated with numerous Space Race-related photographs and illustrations, folding diagram of Gemini capsule's instrument panel. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Yuri Gagarin on the title page. In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Gagarin are rare, this is the only second example we have seen.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin  became an international celebrity when his Vostok spacecraft completed the first orbit of Earth on April 12th, 1961. A triumph for the Soviet space program, the flight sparked interest around the globe and mass demonstrations held in Moscow and other major cities throughout the reached a scale second only to the World War II victory parades.
$7,500.00
Out of Stock