Rare Autograph, Photograph and Manuscript Auction
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Personally-Owned and Signed Book from his Youth Originally from the Personal Collection of His Daughter. Read and saved by Chaffee, the type of material one might expect a young boy growing up during the war years in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to read. Maybe this book influenced his career path of aeronautical engineer, naval aviator, and then astronaut. Signed "Roger Chaffee" on the free front endpaper,a rare signed personal item from a future astronaut. In fair condition overall with general wear and soiling. Dave Dawson on the Russian Front by R. Sidney Bowen (Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943), 252 pages, green cloth with black lettering, 5.5" x 8". Book #10 in the War Adventure Series. Dave Dawson War Adventure book series consisted of fifteen titles published between 1941 and 1946 by Crown Publishers. Written by Robert Sidney Bowen for young boys, they followed the adventures of American RAF pilot Dave Dawson and fellow flyer Freddy Farmer. By the end of the war, the series had sold over two million copies. This copy, published by Saalfield Publishers is an early reprint of the original. The Dave Dawson series was a childhood favorite of author Stephen King and is mentioned in his book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.
Roger Chaffee Signed Book
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