Astronauts Library (6 Volume Set): Men From Earth; Countdown; Lost Moon; We Seven; Schirra's Space; Moon Shot
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1997.
Limited Edition. Leatherbound.
Leatherbound Collector’s Edition of the Easton Press Astronauts Library in six volumes. Limited Edition Set, each volume is #2314 of 3000 copies, signed by the astronauts, each volume includes Certificates of Authenticity signed by each astronaut (8 total certificates), one volume contains a letter from the publisher (Lost Moon) apologizing for having failed to include Jim Lovell as co-author on the volume’s spine, one unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. Set includes
- Aldrin, Buzz & McConnell, Malcolm. Men from Earth. 312pp, color frontis. illus., epilogue, references, index, Certificate of Authenticity (COA) & unused bookplate laid in.
- Borman, Frank & Serling, Robert J. Countdown. 448pp.
- Lovell, James & Kluger, Jeffrey. Lost Moon. 378pp.
- Mercury Astronauts (Carpenter, M. Scott; Cooper, L. Gordon; Glenn, John; Grissom, Virgil; Schirra, Walter; Shepard, Alan; Slayton, Donald). We Seven by the Astronauts Themselves. With signatures and COAs signed by Shepard, Carpenter, and Glenn. 352pp.
- Schirra, Walter M. & Billings, Richard N. Schirra’s Space. 227pp.
- Shepard, Alan & Slayton, Deke with Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon. 383pp.
6-1/8 x 9-3/8”, gilt decorated and titled dark blue leather, raised spine bands, gilt titles and decorations, all-edges gilt, ribbon markers, color frontis. each volume, illustrated, appendices, indexes.
Clean, bright, tight, square, a bit of light wear to gilt on edges of leaves, 1 shallow bump to rear spine edge of Countdown, else a fine set.
Price: $2,000.00