X-15 Pilots: Crossfield and Dana Signed Book Signed book: Hypersonic: The Story of the North American X-15. Special edition limited to 200 copies. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.5 x 10.25, 264 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue felt tip by Scott Crossfield and Bill Dana, both of whom supply opening forewords; the page is also signed by authors Dennis Jenkins and Tony Landis. In fine condition. From the collection of noted space and rocketry book dealer Dr. Donald Boggs.

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