Cernan Eugene with Davis Don (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition. Gorgeous book and dust jacket. Book has black cloth boards with silver titles in a dust jacket that has not been price clipped, $24.95. Inscribed by Eugene Cernan on the title page. Cernan died in 2017. Now in Mylar. Selling quality books for 35 years. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Tenth Anniversary Edition: June 2009, stated; seventh printing according to the number line. Inscribed and signed by the astronaut author on the title page: "To Lincoln M-- / 'Dream big cause for you the sky is no longer the limit. . . ' / Gene Cernan / 11/2012." Cernan (1934-2017) left the last human footprint on the moon as Commander of Apollo 17 on December 14, 1972; he was the 11th human to walk on the moon though NASA has plans for a new mission circa 2025. The book is square and unmarked; one corner and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $25.95); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Second printing. With a printed letter about his Omega watch bound in. To my knowledge, no copies of this Omega edition were first printings. Signed in blue ink on the title page by Gene Cernan (Live signature). Black paper-covered boards. xii, 356 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of only twelve men to walk on the Moon, commander of Apollo XVII, the last Lunar mission. Cernan is also one of only three men to circle the Moon on more than one flight (Apollo X and XVII), and only two who circled the moon, and later landed on the Moon. (Jim Lovell flew on Apollo VIII, and was due to land on aborted mission Apollo XIII. John Young flew with Cernan on Apollo X, and later landed on Apollo XVI). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed on the title page by Cernan on a bookplate: "Dream - Then Reach For The Stars . . . Gene Cernan." Black paper-covered boards. xii, 356 pages. Fine, with bump to bottom of front board in fine dust jacket, with a tiny closed tear. One of only twelve men to walk on the Moon, commander of Apollo XVII, the last Lunar mission. Cernan is also one of only three men to circle the Moon on more than one flight (Apollo X and XVII), and only two who circled the moon, and later landed on the Moon. (Jim Lovell flew on Apollo VIII, and was due to land on aborted mission Apollo XIII. John Young flew with Cernan on Apollo X, and later landed on Apollo XVI). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Michael Storrings (Cover Photograph) (illustrator). Third Printing [stated]. xii, 356 pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ is price clipped. Signed by both authors on the title page. Eugene Andrew Cernan (March 14, 1934 - January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh man to walk on the Moon. As he reentered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last man to walk on the Moon as of 2022. Before becoming an astronaut, Cernan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and joined the U.S. Navy. After flight training, he received his naval aviator wings and served as a fighter pilot. In 1963 he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Achieving the rank of captain, he retired from the Navy in 1976. In October 1963, NASA selected Cernan as one of the third group of astronauts to participate in the Gemini and Apollo space programs. Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions. He is featured in the space exploration documentary In the Shadow of the Moon in which he said, "truth needs no defense" and "nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the Moon away from me". Donald Alan Davis (born October 5, 1939) is an American writer, novelist and former war correspondent. He is a writer of military histories, military thrillers, and, along with Jack Coughlin, is co-author of the New York Times bestselling book, Shooter. Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times bestselling author Don Davis, this is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all - the Moon. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Gemini and Apollo astronaut Cernan, helped by Don Davis, takes readers with him on one great space adventure after another--including Gemini 9's "Spacewalk from Hell," Apollo 1's fire, Snoopy's hair-raising swoop by the lunar surface. Readers experience the agony of life-or-death decision making in the Apollo 13 control room, exult with Cernan and geologist Jack Schmitt throughout the mission of Apollo 17 and meet legendary characters of the astronaut corps and the technical and political leaders who shared their glory. Cernan reveals the risk-taking, competitive personality and oversized self-confidence that drove his success as a test pilot and astronaut. He also acknowledges his failings as a husband to his first wife, Barbara, whom he presents as a quiet, strong homefront heroine who always found the right words in public despite her private difficulties. Careful readers may see more of Cernan than he intended to display. His admiration and friendship may justify letting Wernher von Braun and Spiro Agnew off the hook for what many consider their political and personal misdeeds. This is an exciting, insider's take on what it was like to become one of the first humans in space.

New York: St. Martin s Griffin, (2009)., Tenth Anniversary Edition, sixth printing. Signed by Cernan on the title. A Fine copy.