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BURCHETT, WILFRED and PURDY, ANTHONY: : COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN: FIRST MAN IN SPACE

LONDON.HAMILTON & CO (STAFFORD) LTD.,/PANTHER BOOK,1961.

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UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean,with subject's glossy contemporary colour photographic portrait illustrated front cover with pink,yellow and white lettering,yellow+ white lettering to blue spine/backstrip with NO reading creases and rear cover with colour portrait photograph of 'Valya' - Valentina Tereshkova,the first woman in space; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,splits or tears or any external loss present.One accidental, diagonal crease partly across the body of the rear cover.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned - unusually,much less than is usually encountered for book of its age; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back 1st edn,7-187pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks, between pp64/5 and pp128/9 respectively, notes on the authors and an index,plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] precis, title page,contents list/table,an introduction,and to the rear,publisher's 4pp adverts. A really exceptional example for a paperback in such condition.Written in the same year of Gagarin's achievement of April 12th,1961 in Vostok1,orbiting the Earth a the first man into space.A very scarce title and a highly collectable item of unusual nature/ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the science of space exploration canon. Panther Books proudly presents the first independent Western evaluation of the Russian space programme and the flight of Major Yuri Gagarin - the first man into space.This is not simply Gagarin's life story; it is the history of the whole Soviet effort in this field,with its problems,its successes and its failures. For the first time: Gagarin himself,in the first private interview that the Russians allowed with Western journalists,describes his feelings during his historic 108-minute orbit of the world. The answers to the questions: Why are the Russians ahead? What will they do next? What is their national policy on space research? Why is the West behind? Russian scientists give their opinion of the U.S. efforts,comparing them with their own.Russian biologists depict fully the extraordinary training of animals and men for space flight.Details are given of the construction and equipment of their space-ships,together with an account of the experiments which led up to final designs and the first prototype of a manned rocket. In this fascinating and important book, the authors have uncovered and presented the facts behind the most momentous event in history. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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