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(APOLLO-SOYUZ COMMEMORATIVE CIGARETTES) $300.00 12368-1 One of the stranger and rarer space collectibles obtainable, a carton of cigarettes officially issued to commemorate the Apollo/Soyuz mission and American/Soviet cooperation in space. The unopened carton of twenty packs was issued jointly by Philip Morris and a Soviet counterpart, Glavtabak and was manufactured at the "Yava factory" in Moscow. Appealingly packaged with an image of spacecraft of both countries with text in both Russian and English. Very good condition.

GEORGI DOBROVOLSKY AND VIKTOR PATSAYEV $1,200.00 17021-1 An excessively rare signed Soviet space item, a 1968 Soviet space flight commemorative postcard signed by cosmonauts GEORGI DOBROVOLSKY and VIKTOR PATSAYEV (in block letters), and dated by each June 6, 1971, the day they took their fateful flight! The lives of these two cosmonauts, along with that of Vladislav Volkov, were lost on the flight of Soyuz 11. Following a four-week stint aboard the Salyut space station, all three perished when their craft lost its pressurization upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere. An exceptionally rare item, with the best date possible! Fine condition.

(SKYLAB 3) $100.00 22583-1 A great association item, I.S.P. 10" x 8" color, a vintage official NASA portrait showing the prime crew of the Third Manned Skylab Mission in their spacesuits, boldly inscribed to Harry T. MacMullan and signed by GERALD P. CARR, EDWARD G. GIBSON and WILLIAM R. POGUE. Fine condition.

DUKE JR., CHARLES M. $50.00 22571-1 (b. 1935) American astronaut who piloted the LEM on the Apollo 16 mission.Signature on a small sheet printed with "The Astronaut's Psalm," which reads, in part: "...The Lord is my Pilot, I shall not fear. He allows me to explore the vast unknown; He will guide me through the atmosphere...". Boldly signed at top left and fine.

BRAND, VANCE $30.00 31615-1 (b. 1931) American astronaut, pilot of the ASTP, commander of three early shuttle missions.S.P. 8" x 10" color, an official NASA photo showing Brand with an American flag and shuttle model above his head, nicely signed. Fine.

CARR, GERALD $30.00 31373-1 (b. 1932) American astronaut, commander of the Skylab IV mission, spending 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes in space.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a view of the lift-off of a Skylab mission, boldly signed in the white bottom margin: "Liftoff of Skylab III 16 Nov. 73 Jerry Carr". Fine.

CUNNINGHAM, WALTER $40.00 31634-1 (b. 1932) American astronaut who participated in the flight of Apollo 7.Official NASA S.P. 8" x 10" colro showing Cunningham in a NASA jumpsuit as he regards a Saturn V model before him, signed: "Walt Cunningham Apollo 7". Fine.

LOUSMA, JACK $30.00 31603-1 American astronaut who flew on the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions.S.P. 8" x 10" color, an official NASA photo showing Lousma in a space suit with a model of Skylab in his hands, boldly signed: "Reach for the Stars! Jack Lousma Skylab II". Fine.

REX B. BEISEL $1,000.00 50026-1 (1893-1970) Naval aeronautical engineer, designer, inventor and manufacturer, the creator of the Corsair Fighting airplane, Corsair F4U-1 bomber, XF 3U-1 Navy Fighter, the Curtiss-Falcon and Hell Diver. At the time of his death, Beisel held no fewer than 100 aircraft patents. A historically important archive documenting Beisel's earliest endeavors as an aircraft designer while still enlisted in the U.S. Navy in his early twenties. Beisel proved to be so brilliant that the Navy Department placed him on detached service at Curtiss, Wright and Spartan Aircraft Manufacturing service, where he was allowed to formulate design changes. The archive consists of approx. 20 U.S. Naval documents dispatched from the Secretary of the Navy in the form of travel orders for Beisel, four of which are rubber stamped Franklin D. Roosevelt, with FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT adding initials next to the stamped signature. All documents are from 1918-1922, and include a T.L.S. by JOSEPHUS DANIELS, in part: "...You are requested to report to the temporary duty at LWF Engineering Co. in connection with changes in the design of the H.S. 2-L Flying Boat...". Within four months and with the support of Roosevelt, Beisel received his appointment as aeronautical engineer. Roosevelt would undertake two inspection yours of Naval bases and war zones in Europe in 1918-1919, but during his brief return as Acting Secretary of the Navy, he orders Beisel, on Jan. 27, 1920, to: "...proceed to the Naval Aircraft Factory...in connection with sand load tests on the Loening M-8-0...". Ironically, the same travel order was reiterated by FDR on Feb. 16, 1920, one of his last official acts as Asst. Secretary of the Navy. On Nov. 9, 1920, Beisel was assigned to Curtiss by newly-appointed Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury, for the sole purpose of testing the wing of the CT Torpedo. So successful was his work that he was able to secure new patents in aviation design. With a T.L.S. by Commander of the Navy J. C. HUNSAKER, regarding the rudder on a plane and other details, and much more technical data and memoranda, resumes and ephemera. Worthy of further research, overall very good condition.

LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. $1,750.00 38371-1 (1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "Spirit of St. Louis", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.Very fine content T.L.S. "Charles", 2pp. 4to., "Switzerland", Aug. 16, 1971 to Alden Whtiman at The New York Times voicing his opposition to cooperating with Whitman on a planned book. He writes in part: "...I thought I had made clear in my last letter my position in regard to this book project... I do not desire to have published a book of the kind you are planning. However, I have no objection to your publishing such a book if you do so entirely on your own responsibility, basing on the three trips we made together and in accord with our agreement that the resulting articles would be primarily to increase interest and activities in conservation and only secondarily Lindbergh. Also, with the understanding that my private life be invaded to a minimum. I do not want to take any part in the book myself by endorsing it, contributing to it, or criticizing the manuscript. Alden, the possibility of a book was no part of our agreements in relation to the Times articles. I am sure you will recall that the first Times-article project was based on wild life conservation in the Philippines, and we had no agreement about anything to follow... The third (Sunday Magazine) article arose from the lunch at the Times Building that Mr. Sulzberger so considerately invited me to and arranged... I spoke about the changes I had seen take place on the surface of the earth during the half century I have flown over it. One of the editors suggested that an interesting article could be written along this line, and I said that if there could be a constructive result from a conservation standpoint, I would be willing to take part in it. There was nothing in our agreement about a book to follow... I have told you even more often that I do no want to open my private life or take part in a biography. Our understanding from the beginning has been that in the articles emphasis would be primarily on conservation and secondarily on Lindbergh... I feel that my personal publicity has mounted much too high. I want to return to a quieter life, and I am setting trends in that direction...". Lindbergh was still smarting from the rekindling of interest in his questionable politics in the years leading up to America's entry in to World War II as illustrated in the publication of his wartime journals in 1970. Lindbergh may have also had other personal reasons for avoiding the limelight. Interestingly, it is believed that apart from the "secret" German family, Lindbergh may have fathered two children in Switzerland as well. Light folds, paperclip stain at top left, otherwise fine condition.

GARRIOTT, OWEN $25.00 31611-1 (b. 1930) American astronaut who flew on Skylab III and shuttle STS-9.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a fine wasit, up portrait in his space suit, boldly signed "Best wishes - Owen Garriott". Fine.

GIBSON, EDWARD G. $30.00 31380-1 (b. 1936) American astronaut who participated in the Skylab IV mission.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a view of the lift-off of a Skylab mission, boldly signed in the white bottom margin: "Liftoff of Skylab III Nov. 16, 1973 Ed Gibson, Science Pilot". Fine.

ZERBINATI, MANILLO $80.00 46243-1 Early Italian aviation official, president (1948-64) of the Aero Club d'Italia, the pioneering Italian aviation organization founded in 1904, a close associate of Italo Balbo.T.L.S., 1p. 4to., Rome, Oct. 8, 1948 on Aero Club d'Italia letterhead to Louis E. Leverone, President of the National Aeronautic Association. In part: "...I have the privilege of notifying you, that you have been elected to full membership.... We trust that you will be pleased of such a membership...." The NAA, the oldest national aviation organization in the U.S., is roughly the American equivalent of the Aero Club d'Italia -- making this honorary membership from one president to another interesting and unusual. Drymounted, else very good.

SCOTT, DAVE $120.00 29278-1 American astronaut who walked on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.Superb and rare S.P. 10" x 8" color, an original NASA photo taken on Mar. 7, 1966 showing the Gemini 8 capsule and its target docking adapter in side view, just nine days prior to its launch on Mar 16, 1966, in which it performed the first docking in space. Boldly signed "Dave Scott" at lower margin, and in fine condition.

LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. $350.00 27066-1 (1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "Spirit of St. Louis", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.T.L.S. signed with initials "C.A.L.", Scotts Cove [Conn.], 1p. 4to., Apr. 7, 1968 to his personal secretary Mrs. Jean Saunders, who is referred to as "Miss Saunders" in this letter regarding a money order to J. Carlisle MacDonald to cover royalty fees for Lindbergh's first book, as noted by Mrs. Saunders in an accompanying letter. In full: "Dear Miss Saunders: Would you please get a money order for $45.33, made out to J. Carlsle MacDonald, and attach to the enclosed letter. If the letter is satisfactory to you, please sign and leave with the money order for me to mail. I enclose a check for $50.00. Put the balance in the household account please. Many thanks, C.A.L.". Usual folds, otherwise fine.

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