Al Worden's personally-owned signed book: Winged Rocketry by Maj. James C. Sparks. First edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 183 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip by the author, "Ed: One of the most dedicated 'Blue Suiters' I know, Jim," and on the reverse of the same page in blue ballpoint, "Chuck Yeager." An attached slip is imprinted: "Presented to a friend of James C. Sparks, Major, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Wings Club, N.Y., October, 1968, Twenty-first anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier in manned flight." In fine condition, with light rust stains from the presentation slip's paperclip.
From the collection of Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden, and accompanied by a letter of provenance from his daughter Alison (Worden) Penczak.
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