Signed book: Sons of the Blue Planet. Moscow: Political Literature Publishing, 1973. Hardcover, 6.5 x 8.75, 401 pages. Signed on the title page in various inks by Vladimir Shatalov, Yevgeny Khrunov, Anatoly Filipchenko, Valeri Bykovsky, Pyotr Klimuk (2), Viktor Gorbatko, Yuri Artyukhin, Georgy Shonin, Gennady Sarafanov, Vasily Lazarev, Lev Dyomin, and Rakesh Sharma. Additionally signed throughout by Gherman Titov, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, Valentina Tereshkova, Konstantin Feoktistov, Alexei Leonov, Georgy Beregovoy, Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Yevgeny Khrunov, Georgy Shonin, Valery Kubasov, Anatoly Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko, Andriyan Nikolayev, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Vladimir Shatalov, and Nikolai Rukavishnikov. Autographic condition: fine, with light creasing and a tiny stain to the bottom of the title page. Book condition: VG-/None, with splits to head of spine, a cracked rear hinge, and rubbing to boards.
