The Apollo Adventure: The Making of the Apollo Space Program and the Movie Apollo 13 (Signed by Tom Hanks and Ron Howard, First Edition)

First Edition -- signed by actor Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard -- of this movie tie-in book for the film "Apollo 13." Tom Hanks starred as astronaut Jim Lovell, with Ron Howard directing, in the spellbinding, real-life adventure story of the perilous return to earth of the Apollo 13 space capsule after an explosion on the craft in deep space. The book provides an illustrated behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film while also presenting the history of the Apollo 13 mission as part of NASA's Apollo moon missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Signed by Tom Hanks and Ron Howard on the title page. Additionally, this copy includes a presentation letter dated November 8, 1995 from Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer on the letterhead of their production company, Imagine Entertainment, to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 199 pages, illustrated. 7" by 9" paperback original. Has light edge wear.