Space Aldrin Buzz (4 results)

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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, signed by Buzz Aldrin. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 258pp. Black hardcover. No additional printings noted. In the publisher's dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Buzz Aldrin, born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. in 1930, is an American engineer and former astronaut. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing in history, which occurred on July 20, 1969. Aldrin, along with Neil Armstrong, became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon's surface. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and later joined NASA. After leaving NASA in 1971, Aldrin pursued a career in academia and aerospace consulting, advocating for continued space exploration and colonization of Mars. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Wendell Minor (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $15.99 on rear panel. Signed by both Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor on the title-page. PSA/DNA autograph authentication to same page (with slip laid-in). Signed.

First Edition. "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed" Buzz Aldrin's Autobiography Inscribed by him on the half-title [SPACE EXPLORATION]. ALDRIN, Buzz. McCONNELL, Malcolm. Men from Earth. New York: Bantam Books, [1989]. First edition, inscribed to his driver when he was in Seattle on a book tour. Octavo ( 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm.). xxii, 312, [2] pp. Pictorial title-page and sixteen photographic illustrations between pp. 138 & 139. Inscribed on the half title "To Billie Jo / many thanks for / a great guided tour of / the Seattle Book-Hawks / with best wishes / Buzz Aldrin / 6-22-89". Publisher's black cloth over blue paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. Laid in is a printed form letter from Hilsinger Mendelson Public Relations Specialists addressed to "Dear Interviewer" directly referencing Aldrin being in Seattle "Thursday, June 22nd," [1989]. Also laid in is a folded publisher's press release for the book. "June 20, 1989 marks the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, mankind's first successful lunar landing. When Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong announced from the moon, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed," they fulfilled an American dream and pushed man's frontier of exploration to new boundaries, Men from Earth by Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin and veteran investigative reporter, Malcolm McDonnell commemorates this historic achievement.". Signed.