Carpenter Scott 1925 (4 results)

First printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page) SIGNED BY A. SHEPARD, JOHN GLENN, SCOTT CARPENTER, WALLY SCHIRRA (with additional "Apollo 7" handwritten note), AND DEKE SLAYTON ALL ON FRONT FLYLEAF RECTO (signed by five of the seven Mercury astronauts - unfortunately lacks the signatures of Gus Grissom and Gordon Cooper). 352 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with nicks and several short tears at edges; small slender chip at rear panel's top edge; dj's clear laminate unevenly applied causing mild rippling at lower rear panel and slender air gap along rear flap fold; laminate also laid fractionally shy of flaps' terminal edges as well as dj's top and bottom edges resulting in slender bands of dark soiling in the narrow gap areas; front flap retains publisher's printed price at its bottom front flap corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Full black cloth binding with bold white stamped lettering to front board and spine. Light toning to top edge. Binding shows slight stress within the first quire but still quite firm. Publisher's printing error on page 348 of the Index with missed lettering adjacent to fore-edge margin so that headings are missing their first letter near top but nearly three initial letters towards bottom. Else a very good copy in a good+ dust jacket.

One of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts, Carpenter was a versatile aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot -- second American to orbit the earth (after Glenn), fourth American in space. Color IPS (magazine stock), 7½" X 10", n.p., n.y. Very good. Trimmed edges. Heavy stock color front cover of "Life" magazine -- the May 18, 1962 issue, though date trimmed off -- being a closeup photograph of "Astronaut Scott Carpenter and His Wife Rene." Just left of center, across his wife's blond hair, he inscribes and signs large and bold in blue ballpoint: "Good luck to Donald / Scott Carpenter." Though trimmed down from this magazine's larger size, the image is bright, bold and appealing and signed at the height of his early fame.

One of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts, Carpenter was a versatile aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot -- second American to orbit the earth (after Glenn), fourth American in space. IPS (newspaper), 5" X 8", n.p., n.y. Very good. Lightly age toned. Newspaper portrait, an artist's head-and-shoulders rendering of Carpenter in space suit, behind him at left a spaceship erupting from its launch pad. At upper left, Carpenter boldly inscribes and signs "Best regards / M. Scott Carpenter" in black ink. Though undated image, text on verso is describing Carpenter's May 1962 "Aurora" mission in present tense. Attractive item from early in Carpenter's NASA career.

unbound. Condition: fine. American Astronaut. Early signed official NASA color lithograph photograph, 8" X 10", depicting Carpenter attired in a business suit with a flag background. Full signature "Scott Carpenter." Fine condition.