Uncommon signed book in Russian: Cosmonautics of the USSR [Kosmonautika CCCP]. Moscow, 1986. Hardcover, 10.5 x 12.75, 496 pages. Calligraphically inscribed on the half-title page, “To the General-Colonel of Air Forces Pankin, Valentin Yepifanovich, on the Day of the 25th Anniversary of the spaceflight of Yu. A. Gagarin, from pilots-cosmonauts of the USSR, pilots-cosmonauts of socialist countries, and pilot-cosmonaut of India, April 12, 1986,” and signed by 18 cosmonauts from nine different countries: Vladimir Shatalov, Bertalan Farkas, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Georgi Shonin, Alexei Leonov, Leonid Popov, Dumitru Prunariu, Vladimir Remek, Sigmund Jahn, Aleksei Gubarev, Georgi Ivanov, Pham Tuan, Viktor Gorbatko, Yuri Malyshev, Rakesh Sharma, Vladimir Lyakhov, and Anatoli Berezovoy. In fine condition, with spine slightly loose but binding still strong. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.
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