Return to Earth — First Edition, First Printing — Signed & Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin

First Edition, First Printing of Return to Earth by Colonel Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. with Wayne Warga. New York: Random House, 1973. 338 pages. Personally inscribed and signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper: “To Jim Moreno, With Best Wishes, Buzz Aldrin.” The inscription and signature are directly in the book and are not on a bookplate or laid-in sheet. First Edition, First Printing confirmed by the stated “First Edition” on the copyright page together with Random House’s first-printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Published only four years after Apollo 11, Return to Earth is Aldrin’s candid account of his historic lunar mission and the difficult personal adjustment that followed his return from the Moon. Bound in the publisher’s original hardcover binding and retaining the original pictorial dust jacket. The jacket retains the original $7.95 publisher’s price on the front flap and is therefore not price-clipped. Condition: Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. Book is clean, tight, and well preserved. Dust jacket remains complete and attractive with rubbing and surface wear, light edge wear, and a small closed tear to the lower front panel. Jacket is protected in a clear archival cover. A desirable signed First Edition, First Printing of Buzz Aldrin’s first memoir, published shortly after Apollo 11 and bearing a full personal inscription directly in the book. …