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Lot 20
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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich

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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

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Doroga v Kosmos. Moscow: 1961.



8vo (8 x 5 1/8 in.; 205 x 132 mm). Photographic frontispiece depicting Gagarin with Khrushchev, numerous photographic illustrations. Original cloth; spotting and staining.

Catalogue Note

A rare joint presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by Gagarin and the head of cosmonaut training, General Nikolai Kamanin, to Kamanin's brother Alexander: "To Alexander Petrovich Kamanin with good memories, Yuri Gagarin, 24.08.61." Beneath Gagarin's inscription Nikolai Kamanin writes: "Dear brother! I have my part in preparation of Gagarin's flight and this book. Let this Gagarin book remind you about our victories in Space, the importance of which will be growing year by year. N. Kamanin 24.8.61."