Easton Press Signed Collector's Edition: We Seven Hand-Signed by Three Mercury Astronauts

This entry features a landmark piece of space exploration history: a deluxe leather-bound Signed Collector's Edition of We Seven: By The Astronauts Themselves, hand-signed by three surviving members of NASA's historic Mercury Seven—Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn. Published in 1995 by The Easton Press, this fine binding volume delivers a firsthand, behind-the-scenes narrative of the dawn of the American space program.

Selected in April 1959, the Mercury Seven were America's first human spaceflight candidates, chosen to pilot Project Mercury in the tense early years of the Space Race. Originally published in 1962, We Seven compiles personal essays, flight logs, and technical reflections written directly by the seven original astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. From Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 to Cooper's final long-duration Faith 7 flight in 1963, these pioneering aviators laid the foundation for the Gemini and Apollo lunar programs.

Bound in Easton Press’s premium jet-black full genuine leather, the binding features 22-karat gold-stamped celestial borders with crescent moon motifs on both covers. The front board displays gilt-stamped facsimile signatures of Carpenter, Cooper, and Glenn beneath the title "WE SEVEN". Crafted to fine archival standards, the volume includes all-edge page gilding, heavy acid-neutral paper, silk moiré endpapers, and a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker. Mounted inside, the publisher's preliminary limitation page is hand-signed in vivid blue ink by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn, designated as part of a limited edition of 3,000 copies. Complete with an unattached Easton Press collector's bookplate, this fine, pristine copy stands as an essential centerpiece for spaceflight historians and aviation autograph collectors.

Edition & Special Presentation Specifications

• EASTON PRESS SIGNED COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Published in 1995 by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut; limited to 3,000 copies.

• FULL GENUINE LEATHER BINDING: Bound in black leather with 22-karat gold celestial stamping, raised spine hubs, full page-edge gilding, and a satin ribbon marker.

• INCLUDES UNATTACHED BOOKPLATE: Accompanied by the original, unused Easton Press Ex Libris bookplate card.

Autograph Specifications & Provenance

• TRIPLE-SIGNED BY MERCURY ASTRONAUTS: Authentically hand-signed in blue ink on the publisher's bound-in limitation page by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn.

• PUBLISHER GUARANTEE: Includes Easton Press's integrated signature limitation page certifying the signatures' authenticity.

Consignor Notes

This is a highly sought-after limited edition—one of only 3,000 total, numbered copies—signed by three of the Mercury Seven—the first seven men selected to be part of the very first NASA space program, the Mercury Project.

The three signers include John Glenn (first American to orbit the Earth), Scott Carpenter (the second American to orbit the Earth), and Gordon Cooper (the first to spend an entire day in space—and the last astronaut to fly into space solo).

The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1997.

Full leather binding with gilt edges and lettering. Raised bands on spine. Sewn-in bookmark. Signed by all three Mercury astronauts on special limitation page.
This book sold out extremely fast when it was first released, so it took me several more years to finally win one in an auction.

For those of us who grew up watching the Space Race to the moon, these brave astronauts will always be iconic heroes.