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Five (5) American Astronaut/Pilot signed books, including Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Jim Irvin, Charles E. Yeager, Douglas Corrigan. 1st item: Signed Alan Shepard American's First Spaceman by Jewel Spangler Smaus and Charles B. Spangler, 1962. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. Octavo, 159 pages with frontispiece and illustrations, hardbound in faux black leather with silver gilt lettering to spine. Half title page signed and dated "With regards–Alana B. Shepard 6/11/62." Includes original dust jacket. 8 5/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 3/4" D. 2nd item: Signed John H. Glenn Astronaut by Lt. Col. Philip N. Pierce, USMC and Karl Schuon, 1962. Published Franklin Watts, Inc., New York. Octavo, 208 pages including illustrations and index, hardbound in green cloth with black lettering to covers and spine, includes original dust jacket, price clipped. Front end paper signed "John Glenn." Includes TLS from Steven Keyser, El Cajon CA, to Senator John H. Glenn, Jr., Washington, DC, dated May 6, 1985, requesting Gleen to sign the book. 8 5/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1" D. 3rd item: Signed To Rule The Night The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irvin, First Edition, by James B. Irwin with William A. Emerson, Jr., 1973. Published by A. J. Holman Company, Philadelphia, New York. Octavo, 251 pages with illustrations, hardbound in black cloth with gilt silver lettering to spine, includes original dust jacket. Half page titled "Jim Irvin." 8 5/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 1/4" D. 4th item: Signed Across The High Frontier The Story of a Test Pilot–Major Charles E. Yeager, USAF by William R. Lundgren, 1955. Published by William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York. Octavo, 288 pages, hardbound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Front end paper signed "Charles E. Yeager B/Gen USAF Ret." 8 3/4" H x 6" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: Signed That's My Story, First Edition, by Douglas Corrigan, 1938. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York. Octavo, 221 pages including frontispiece and illustrations, hardbound in blue cloth with red gilt blind stamp to front cover, red gilt lettering to spine. Front end paper signed and dated "Douglas Corrigan 5-19-39 Detroit." Includes original dust jacket. 8 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition. Dust jacket with toning, tears, areas of loss, largest 3/4", cracking. Areas of mold to covers, corners slightly bumped. Pages with toning. Signature in good, legible condition. Later ink inscription to front end paper. 2nd item: Overall good condition. Dust jacket with toning, tears, areas of loss, largest 1/4", areas of old scotch tape repair, largest 2". Covers with shelf wear, corners slightly bumped. Pages with toning. Signature in good, legible condition. 3rd item: Overall good condition. Dust jacket with toning, tears, areas of loss, largest 1 3/8". Covers with shelf wear, corners slightly bumped. Pages with toning, pencil inscription to front end paper. Signature in good, legible condition. 4th item: Overall good condition. Covers with shelf wear, gilt silver ink over black lettering to spine, spine slightly bent forward, corners bumped. Pages with toning. Signature in good, legible condition. 5th item: Overall good condition. Dust jacket with toning, areas of loss, largest 1/2", cracking. Covers with shelf wear, corners slightly bumped. Pages with toning. Signature in good, legible condition.