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Two items about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Author: Place: Moscow Publisher: Date: 1931-1949 Description: 2 items: Yu, Geko, “Spirali k Solntsu” [Spirals to the Sun]. Priroda I Lyudi [Nature and People], Moscow, Jan. 30, 1931: pp. 6-8. Complete issue of 64 pp. Illustrated with a drawing of the Tsiolkovsky. Russian text, partially translated. Original pictorial wrappers (coming loose from staples at spine). Kosmodemyanski, A. A. Zhameniti Deyatel Nauki [Famous Scientist] K. E. Tsiolkovskii. Moscow, 1949. 84 pp. Russian text. Original wrappers, The 1931 article was published four years before the death of Tsiolkovsky when his scientific reputation was well-established. By the time the posthumous 1949 biography was published, Tsiolkovsky was already venerated by the Soviet state as the Father of modern Rocketry and Astronautics. Russian publications by and about Tsiolvolsky that appeared during his lifetime are rarely found outside of institutional collections. Lot Amendments Condition: Fair to good. Item number: 319609a