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Houghton Mifflin. 2003. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. . library book stamps/labels but fine inside pages. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. .

New York: Harcourt, Inc.. Hardcover. 2002. 1st Edition. 8vo 370pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs .

First Edition. Signed by Scott Carpenter and Kristin Stoever on title page; First Edition HC+DJ not clipped, very light wear, no chips or dents, top corner slightly bumped, no overstock mark, clean pages, . Same day shipping, satisfaction guaranteed.Very Good

Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A memoir of one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, co-written with his daughter. First edition (first printing, with a line of letters ending in A). With light shelf wear, thus a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed, "For Ashton, Eric, and Tori ____- Kristen C. Stoever / Scott Carpenter." Somewhat uncommon signed by both authors.

Orlando: Harcourt, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151004676 . An attractive first printing of the first edition in alike dustjacket, minute traces of edge wear. Signed by astronaut and author Scott Carpenter directly on title page; Coming from a family of early Colorado pioneers, astronaut Scott Carpenter grew up with a vibrant frontier tradition of exploration. He went on to become one of seven Project Mercury astronauts to take part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. Here he writes of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7. Carpenter also shares a family story of tenderness and fortitude. Raised by his grandparents in Boulder, Colorado, while his mother lay sick for years with tuberculosis, Carpenter witnessed bravery, love, sacrifice, and endurance that prepared him for life as a Navy pilot during two wars,… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151004676 . First edition. SIGNED by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (2003), 2003. Hardcover. New. 8vo. pp. xiii, [4], 4-370. Illustrated. Signed by both authors on a special signed collector's edition page. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity from the Easton Press freely laid in the front. Bound in genuine leather with raised bands and gilt tooling on the spine. All edges are gilt. Silk moire end papers. Satin bookmark bound in. Scott Carpenter was America's fourth astronaut in space and one of the original seven astronauts memorialized in Tom Wolfs' "The Right Stuff". This is an as new, gift quality collector's edition.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2003. Signed by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever on the colophon. First Limited edition / First printing. Navy leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity laid in. Carpenter was one of the original Mercury 7, and our fourth man in space. Carpenter went on to be an Aquanaut for the SeaLab Project. He was the author of two science fiction novels. Kris Stoever is Carpenter's daughter.

New York: Harcourt, 2002. Signed on the title page by Scott Carpenter. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Carpenter was one of the original Mercury 7, and our fourth man in space. Carpenter went on to be an Aquanaut for the SeaLab Project. He was the author of two science fiction novels.

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc, 2002. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xiii, [1], 370 pages. Illustrations. Signed by both co-authors on the title page. Handwritten note from Kris Stoever (the daughter of Scott Carpenter) is laid in. Publisher's promotional material also laid in. Includes Prologue; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; and an Index. Part 1 covers Earth; Part 2 covers Sky; and Part 3 covers Stars. The book also contains Epilogue, Notes, Acknowledgments, and Index. Scott Carpenter, with his daughter, Kris Stoever, clears up all lingering questions about his flight, while telling the history of an amazing frontier family and the strength of the American pioneer spirit. Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 - October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to… Read More