A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

YURI GAGARIN: (1934 - 1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space who died tragically in a routine training flight. An exceptionally early S.P. si

VLADIMIR KOMAROV: (d. 1967) Russian cosmonaut killed on the flight of Soyuz 1 when parachute shroud lines became entangled, causing the craft to crash

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

SERGEI KOROLEV: (1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, hi

VALENTINA TERESHKOVA: (b. 1937) Russian cosmonaut, the first woman in space, she flew Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. S.P. 6" x 4 3/4" b/w, a v...

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): A great item signed by ten pioneering Russian cosmonauts, a Soviet newspaper from 1966 bearing an article on space tr

CHARLES H. DOW: (1851 - 1902) American publisher, with Edward Jones founded Dow Jones & Co.,, later founded the Wall Street Journal, and devised...

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN: (1837 - 1913) American banker and financier who founded J.P. Morgan & Co., reorganized American railroads and founded U.S....

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: (1843 - 1899) American financier and steamship and railroad baron who built his fortune during the Gold Rush and railroad boom d