Books coming directly from the personal libraries or collections of individuals such as astronauts, mcc personnel or other nasa or space history notables. Sorry to break the bad news to you, but that signature doesnt appear to be a genuine gus grissom signature. An autographed book from your favorite author can turn an item of personal value into a cherished keepsake of financial worth. Story of chuck yeager, gus grissom, alan shephard and john glenn unknown binding january 1, 1979 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This check was written and signed by by grissom less than five months before his historic july 21, 1961 project mercury flight. Virgil grissom signed book from the sturtevant collection. Grissom, so i dont think it is an autopen signed letter. Apollo 1 photo from the gene cernan collection, 1966 cernan is a much later signature business card signed by apollo 1 crew, 1966. Virgil ivan gus grissom april 3, 1926 january 27, 1967 was a united states air force usaf pilot and a member of the mercury seven selected by national aeronautics and space administrations nasa as project mercury astronauts to be the first americans in outer space. Below youll find links to the most current lists of. What role does an ear, nose, and throat specialist have in treating lpr. One thing i liked about the book is that it didnt focus exclusively on the space program or apollo 1, but rather treated them in context with the rest of grissoms life.
Book signings are events, usually at a bookstore or library, where an. Gemini era and later, grissom started using gus more frequently and seldomly signed his full name. Oblong offers a variety of signed books through partnering with both local authors and our event authors. While there was not a lucrative market for forgeries in the 60s as there is today, that doesnt mean that there was no need for fakes to help fill in the demand for autographs. I have a signed letter from gus grissom my mother received in 1962 and am wondering about its value. The entire operation has been depumps can move the equivalent of figured on the basis of market signed for the efficient and economic one and onethird inches of surface value for the supplement, it costs an utilization of grass in the production water every 24 hours. Virgil grissom gus signed photograph of the astronaut who tragically perished during a prelaunch test for the apollo 1 mission. Virgil gus grissom autograph study zarelli space authentication. The florida cattleman and livestock journal abbreviated title. He was a project gemini and an apollo program astronaut. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. Comprehensive virgil gus grissom autograph study by steve zarelli space authentication, llc.
Canceled check from virgil gus grissom s personal checking account. Book signing is the affixing of a signature to the title page or flyleaf of a book by its author. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. We have a really neat little brochure, please ask for one. Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. In the second mercury flight, on july 21, 1961, aboard liberty bell 7, grissom. Full text of report of the adjutant general of the state. Books signed by the actual author were selective when deciding what to carry but have many interesting titles that often come with value added extras beyond the authors signature alone. If you are attending the event, you will be provided with an unsigned copy and may wait in the signing line for the. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. Virgil i gus grissom typed letter signed tls virgil i gus grissom grissom on. Not to worry, because you can still get signed copies. Virgil ivan gus grissom 19261967 was one of the seven original project mercury astronauts selected by nasa in april 1959.
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