Illustrated book: The First Astronaut of the World Yuri Gagarin was the first astronaut to Orbit the Earth in spaceship "Vostok"on 12 April 1961. This is wonderful illustrated  book THE FIRST ASTRONAUT by V. Sinicin. There are biography by Uurij Gagarin (on Russian language), history of Russian Space programe, color and black-and-white photos by Yurij Gagarin,  chief designer Korolev and another spacemen: on  training, in private life, portraits; drawings by early Russian Spaceships . Size 220x285 mm. Published Russia, 1979 Hardcover. Pages  78. Language Russian. Condition – Used. Very good..     Click here to see items in my Ebay Store which don't show up when you'll do regular search at Ebay http://stores.ebay.com/Asov-sea Buy more and save on shipping I have the following items in my store: Paper dolls from Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia; Soviet christmas ornaments; Soviet toys; space race memorabilia; music, video  and souvenirs by  modern Russian music stars, like Dima Bilan, T.A.T.U., Sergey Lazarev;  Alice in Wonderland's books, Winni the Pooh's books, Le petit (Litlle) prince books,  Soviet Propaganda books, Art Albums and Photograph Albums and a lot more. Buy more and save on shipping! Payment and Shipping Payment is expected within 7 days of the end of the auction.  Item will be shipped registered mail, winner pays the shipping cost  (Worldwide shipping) which will be added to the auction's final price.The sipping cost include shipping, handling and packing.  The item will be shipped from RUSSIA. Please allow up to 4 weeks for the delivery.