Description
First edition of John Glenn: A Memoir, signed by Senator John Glenn and his wife, Annie Glenn.
Octavo, x, 422pp. Blue hardcover, title in silver on spine. The first edition, with a full number line on the copyright page. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, bright illustrations.
Signed on the half-title by John Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, and co-author, Nick Taylor.
John Glenn (1921-2016) was the first American to orbit Earth, completing the mission aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. He served as a U.S. senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999. In 1998, at age 77, he became the oldest person to fly in space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
