Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

SIGNED BY THE MERCURY SEVEN 20 c   (ASTRONAUTS—PROJECT MERCURY.) We Seven. Signed by all 7 authors and additionally Inscribed by Gus Grissom: “Warmest personal regards to / my good friend John Diebold,” on a front blank. 4to, publisher’s cloth, corners and spine ends rubbed; dust jacket chipped, closed tears repaired verso with cello tape, lamination peeling at front hinge. F irst edition , first printing . New York, 1962 [5,000/7,500] Gus Grissom * Gordon Cooper * Alan B. Shepard, Jr. * W.M. Schirra, Jr. * J.A. Glenn, Jr. * Scott Carpenter * D.K. Slayton.