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Lot #6025
Wernher von Braun 1953 Signed Book

“In appreciation of your heroic efforts to stem the paper tide that is threatening me and my work”

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“In appreciation of your heroic efforts to stem the paper tide that is threatening me and my work”

Signed book: The Mars Project. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.25, 91 pages. Signed and inscribed to his longtime secretary Bonnie Holmes (who was then going by “Cheatham”) on the half-title page in fountain pen, “Mrs. Bonnie Cheatham, in appreciation of your heroic efforts to stem the paper tide that is threatening me and my work. Wernher von Braun, 25 September 1953.” In very good to fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Space And Aviation Auction
  • Dates: #486 - Ended October 20, 2016





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