Return Earth by Aldrin Edwin Buzz, Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. a good solid copy with light fading on page ends, states first edition on copyright page, signed by Aldrin to previous owner on front end page. Jacket is edge worn and has large chip missing back cover at top edge. Some creasing and staining on inside. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Aldrin on the ffep. Foxing to the top of the page ends. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 338pp. G/HC/DJ. Front flap of DJ creased. Otherwise excellent. Signed and inscribed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a fine, obviously unread, hardcover first edition, first printing copy in a fine mylar protected DJ, black spine, 338 pages, 7.95 flap price with a red random house hand stamp on the bottom edge. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Meredith Butterton, Thanks for your service at Valley Forge, With best Wishes, Buzz Aldrin". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Random House, New York. 1973. 338 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the FFEP. Book Club Edition. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and creased to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Offsetting present to the FFEP. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's courageous, candid memoir of his return to Earth after the historic moon landing and his personal struggle with fame and depression. "We landed with all the grace of a freight elevator, " Buzz Aldrin relates in the opening passages of Return to Earth, remembering Command Module Columbia's abrupt descent into the gravity of the blue planet. With that splash, Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the human side of the space program, as one of the first two men to land on the moon learns to cope with the pressures of his new public persona. EB; 8.3 X 4.9 X 1.5 inches; 338 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated first printing (In 1973 Random House used "First Edition" and the number 2 to designate a first printing, if "First Edition" is not present it's a 2nd printing at best) of a very good hardcover with bumps to all four corners and minor fading to the boards, in a very good dustjacket with minor wear and creasing to the extremities, one small closed tear and crease on the front cover. The story of astronaut "Buzz Aldrin's historic moon mission and the troubled personal odyssey which followed. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the ffep. Inscribed by Author.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Signed by both authors on first page, else text clean & bright; binding tight: vertical crease to price-clipped inner front flap of dustjacket, two 4" creases to rear flap of dustjacket; minor edgewear along top & bottom spine edges of dustjacket; else minor wear to dustjacket. 338 pages. Illustrated. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" on title page in blue ink. This signature was obtained in person September 5, 1996 at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California USA. Front and rear boards have fading and dust jacket has normal self wear for age. Buzz Aldrin was born in Montclair, New Jersey on January 20, 1930. He was educated at West Point, graduating with honors in 1951, third in his class. After receiving his wings, he flew Sabre Jets in 66 combat missions in the Korean Conflict, shooting down two MIG-15's. Returning to his education, he earned a Doctorate in Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Manned Space Rendezvous. The techniques he devised were used on all NASA missions, including the first space docking with the Russian Cosmonauts. In October 1963, Aldrin was selected by NASA as one of the early astronauts. In November 1966, he established a new record for Extra- Vehicular Activity in space on the Gemini XII orbital flight mission. He has logged 4500 hours of flying time, 290 of which were in space, including 8 hours of EVA. As Backup Command Module Pilot for Apollo VIII, man's first flight around the moon, Buzz significantly improved operational techniques for astronautical navigation star display. Then, on July 20, 1969, Buzz and Neil Armstrong made their historic Apollo XI moon walk, thus becoming the first two humans to set foot on another world. This unprecedented heroic endeavor was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy with faint sunning to bottom board edges in a Fine, bright unclipped dust jacket. This unique copy is signed by astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper, and Scott Carpenter, and (possibly) jet combat veteran Tom Neal who trained the original Mercury 7 astronauts to fly the F-106 jet. Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon, and about the aftermath when, as an international celebrity, he has to face the consequences of sudden fame, its rewards and its penalties. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED on title page by Apollo astronaut and moonwalker Colonel Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 338 pages 394488326.