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Rare original photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party; signed by all twelve members of the expedition
FUCHS, Vivian; Ralph Lenton; Ken Blaiklock; George Lowe; Alan Rogers; Geoff Pratt; David Pratt; et al.
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition party signed by all twelve members of the team. One page, the photograph shows all twelve members of the team in front of a snowcat with the Union Flag. Signed on the lower margin, "V. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, Alan Rogers, Geoff Pratt, David Pratt, David Stratton, Jon Stephenson, Hannes la Grange and Roy Howard." In near fine condition with creasing to the lower left margin. The photograph measures 11.75 inches by 9.75 inches. Accompanied by an original appeal program for the expedition, a flyer…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 136055
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Signed Limited Edition; One of 250 Copies Signed by Henry M. Stanley
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
London: Sampson, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890.
First edition, edition de luxe, number 242 of 250 copies signed by Henry Stanley. Original half black morocco over vellum, top edges gilt, 2 volumes. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, two photogravure plates on India paper, mounted, 36 wood-engraved plates on India, mounted, 6 etchings by M.G. Montbard signed by the artist in pencil, 4 coloured maps and plans; the 2 larger folding maps mounted on linen. In near fine condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, bookplate. A very nice example.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 93277
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First Editions of each volume of Lewis' Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat; from the library of Adventurer and Aviator Steve Fossett with his bookplate to each volume
MASSON, Charles [James Lewis].
Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat, During a Residence in those Countries.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842.
First edition of this narrative of Lewis' travels between 1826 and 1838 through Balochistan, Sind, the Hazara, Afghanistan and the Punjab. Octavo, four volumes. Bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings, folding map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days,…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95145
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"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft. With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power": First edition of General William Mitchell's Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics; inscribed by him to W. Walter Healy, National President Society of the Fifth Division
MITCHELL, William.
Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic work on aeronautics by "the father of the United States Air Force" Billy Mitchell. Octavo, original cloth, with seventy-six illustrations from photographs and drawings. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To W. Walter Healy National President Society of the Fifth Division U.S.A. With the regards of Wm. Mitchell.” The recipient, W. Walter Healy, served as President of the Society of the Fifth Division from 1934 to 1935. The Fifth Division was organized in December 1917 as a part of the program for the expansion of the armed forces for service…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137238
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Rare Portrait of the first man to walk on the moon Neil Armstrong; boldly signed by him
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Portrait.
Portrait of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, boldly signed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.75 inches. Rare and desirable signed and uninscribed by Armstrong.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 117764
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“Adventure is just bad planning": Rare Signed Photograph of heroic expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach both the North and South Poles
AMUNDSEN, Roald .
Roald Amundsen Signed Photograph.
Sepia tone photograph of heroic expedition leader Roald Amundsen in arctic gear. Boldly signed by Roald Amundsen on the lower right corner. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 18.5 inches. Photographs signed by Amundsen are rare.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 64007
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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Official NASA photograph of Neil Armstrong; signed by Him at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Gala
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.
1990.
Official NASA Apollo 11 photograph of Neil Armstrong signed by him in-person at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Classic Black Tie Gala; accompanied by the original gala program invitation and evening program. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. The program measures 7.5 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 146035
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"We copy you down eagle!": Large black and white Apollo 11 Mission Control room photograph; signed by Charlie Duke and Fred Haise
DUKE, Charlie and Fred Haise.
Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.
Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, "We copy you down eagle!" Signed by Duke in full, '"We copy you down eagle!' Charlie Duke Apollo 11 CAPCOM July 20, 1969" and by Haise, "Mission Control during man's first lunar landing July 20, 1969 Fred Haise Apollo 11 BULMP." In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth group of astronauts. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135611
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158
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The Works of Jonathan Swifts's Finely Bound
SWIFT, Jonathan .
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Including, Gulliver’s Travels.
London: Various Publishers, 1751-67.
Finely bound volumes of the works of Jonathan Swift. Octavo, 19 volumes, bound in contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, with the Cornwell House ink stamp to front free endpaper. A very sharp set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140938
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"Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living in those dreams, we dream again": First Edition of The Spirit of St. Louis; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh a month before publication to Close Friends Walter and Elizabeth Bartky
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.
First edition of Lindbergh's autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month before the date of publication on the title page, "To Walter and Elizabeth Bartky With best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August, 1953 Publication date is Sept. 14th." The recipient, Walter Bartky was an American educator and mathematician and friend of the Lindberghs. After receiving a Ph.D. from the university, he served on its faculty in the astronomy department. In 1943 he became associate dean of…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144547
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Rare Time Magazine cover signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Havana: Time Magazine Latin American Edition, 1958.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover signed by legendary German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Quarto, the cover is from the February 17, 1958 issue and features a reproduction of a bust portrait of von Braun painted by Boris Chaliapin captioned "Missleman Von Braun." Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner of the cover. In very good condition with light creasing. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.75 inches by 15.25 inches. A unique example signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138504
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First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East; finely bound in full morocco by sangorski and sutcliffe
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling and vignettes to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. From the Adventure and Exploration collection of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111068
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"A Pike is a Prince of his own liquid country, and like a universal monarch, can command all the regiments of the scaled army": Scarce first edition of the art of trolling from the library of Alfred Dennison
NOBBES, Robert.
The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling.
London: Printed for T. James for Tho. Helder, 1682.
Rare first edition of Nobbes' authoritative work on the history and methods of trolling. First issue with the engraved hook on page 37 pointing to the right and two woodcut illustrations in the text. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Lord Spencer's copy with his ownership inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper, "From Lord Spencer's Library 18/". From the library of renowned angling collector Alfred Denison with his gilt leather bookplate to the verso of the front panel. Denison's angling collection of over…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 89160
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"that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface; signed by Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Buzz Aldrin.
Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Lunar Footprint Photograph.
Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface, taken by him on July 20, 1969 as the second person to set foot on the moon. Signed by Aldrin's co-astronaut Michael Collins who flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, "Michael Collins Apollo XI." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23 inches by 27 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135722
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First Edition of The Right Stuff; Signed by Tom Wolfe and Chuck Yeager
WOLFE, Tom [Chuck Yeager].
The Right Stuff.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
First edition of Wolfe's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Brian Blevins Tom Wolfe" and additionally signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the second endpaper. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai. A very sharp example, rare signed by Wolfe and Yeager.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146151
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First edition of T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco
LAWRENCE, T. E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
First trade edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with photographic plates, portraits from sketches and four folding maps. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 131695
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Roald Amundsen's Copy of Nord I tåkeheimen: utforskningen av jordens nordlige strøk i tidlige tider
NANSEN, Fridtjof (Roald Amundsen).
Nord I Takeheimen: Utforskningen av Jordens Nordlige Strok i Tidlige Tider.
Christiana: Jacob Dybwads, 1911.
First edition of Nansen's history of Arctic exploration, from the library of explorer Roald Amundsen with his signature. In the year this work was published, Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, having traveled south on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Quarto, original cloth, in-text illustrations. Signed and dated Roald Amundsen 13 May 1912. In very good condition with some light wear to the extremities.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 78072
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Original NASA photograph of the Apollo 14 Mission launch; signed by viewers Spiro Agnew and Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil and Spiro Agnew.
Neil Armstrong and Spiro Agnew Apollo 14 Mission Launch Signed Photograph.
1971.
Official NASA photograph of the VIP grandstand at the Apollo 14 viewing site at Launch Complex 39 on January 31st 1971. Signed by both legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong and the 39th Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew. Both are shown seated in the grandstand with Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia of Spain beneath the American and Spanish flags. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 100438
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Rare original NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual; signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred; Jim Lovell.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual.
Prepared for Launch Vehicle Operations by the Boeing Company Atlantic Test Center Saturn V - Launch Operations, March 10, 1970.
Rare NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise. Quarto, original wrappers, contains approximately 150 pages of emergency procedures with several folding charts and diagrams at rear. Signed on the second title page, "Jim Lovell Apollo 13" and "Fred Haise Apollo 13." In near fine condition. A unique piece of NASA history.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146265