London: The Scientific Book Club, 1961. Book Club Edition. 183, illus., glossary, index, some soiling to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled and scuffed and some edge wear: small tears Probable developments in space explorations from 1960 to 1970. Among the topics covered are man in orbit, Saturn and nova, peaceful uses of satellites, military space vehicles, and the Sun and the stars. More

New York: Susan Publications, Inc., 1948. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Sheet Music. Format is 18 inches by 12 inches, folded in half to make four 9 inch by 12 inch panels. Small tear at bottom spine, Cover worn, creased and soiled. Decorative cover. Back panel is an advertisement from the Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc. for several hit songs. The inside two panels contain the musical score and lyrics. The Melrose Music Corp. was the sole selling agent for this work. Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows as well as shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and for Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Loesser was the lyricist of over 700 songs. More

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st Pocket Bks Printing. Mass market paperback. pocket paperbk, 418 pages, wraps, illus., appendices, index, some wear to cover and spine edges Jim Lovell was the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 flight. James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 pepople to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times. More

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition, Number 1103 of 3000. Hardcover. [10], 378 pages. Frontis (color). Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Removed from original shrinkwrap for cataloguing. The Easton Press's books are known for their elegant covers. Each book has the following features: Bound in genuine leather; Spine accented with 22 kt gold; Printed on archival paper; and Gilded page edges. The special contents of this edition were copyrighted in 1997 by The Easton Press. Facsimile signature of James Lovell on front cover. Authentic signature of James Lovell is on the Collector's Edition page above the number of the limited edition. Laid in is a Certificate of Authenticity signed by James Lovell and dated 11/06/96 and witnessed by Mary F. Werks and dated 11/26/96. The certificate indicated that the Author received 25 additional unnumbered copies over and above the 3000 individually numbered copies. The Certificate is also signed by Roy S. Pfeil, Publisher. Thus, there are two Lovell autographs! Also laid in is an unattached Easton bookplate. More

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Oversized (approximately 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches). c, [1], 255, [1] pages. Endpaper maps. Profusely illustrated (many in color). Maps. Appendix. Glossary. References and bibliography. Boards scuffed. Some wear to edges of boards and spine. Photographs from Apollo missions 15 through 17. Fifteen contributors listed on the title page. Man has always wondered and dreamed about the landscape of the distant and intriguing Moon. The first step in deciphering surface details of Earth's only satellite was initiated when Galileo Galilei trained is crude telescope toward our closest neighbor in the sky. A greater step came with the advent of the space age when automated spacecraft telemetered their intelligence to Earth. More

New York: Golden Book, 1982. 24, wraps, profusely illus. in color, rear cover creased. Book for young readers. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1953. First Edition. 255, illus., color endpaper maps, appendices, index, rear board damp stained and small holes in cloth, board edges worn. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Paperbk Printing. 510, wraps, illus., notes, glossary, index, lower corner front cover bent. More

Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1960. 10, wraps, references, supplementary reading, stamp on title page and rear endpaper, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More

Houston, TX: Johnson Space Center, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Quarto, 4 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land on the Moon. It was the last of the "H missions," targeted landings with two-day stays on the Moon with two lunar EVAs, or moonwalks. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell launched on their nine-day mission on Sunday, January 31, 1971. Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro formation - originally the target of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. 94.35 pounds of Moon rocks were collected, and several scientific experiments were performed. Shepard and Mitchell spent 33½ hours on the Moon, with almost 9½ hours of EVA. In the aftermath of Apollo 13, several modifications had been made to the Service Module electrical power system to prevent a repeat of that accident, including a redesign of the oxygen tanks and the addition of a third tank. More

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Map/Poster. Format is approximately 27.5 inches by 42.5 inches. Index. Glossary. Small tear a center fold between bottom and next lower panel fold. Item has some wear. Folded to fit inside the magazine as a supplement (25 panels, 20 approximately 5.5 inches by 9 inches, 5 panels approximately 5.5 inches by 6.5 inches as folded). Illustration and text on one side only. This poster/map was a supplement to the National Geographic, February 1969, Volume 135, No. 2, The Earth's Moon. The map/poster is dominated by two large lunar images (Near Side and Far Side). There are many other smaller images illustrating myriad aspects of lunar phases and features. There are numerous text sections, such as unmanned spacecraft, physical features and physical properties, and a long selective index running the length of the left and right sides. More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 236 pages. Illus. (including foldout moonscape), footnotes, index, front DJ flap price clipped, some DJ wear/soil. Signed by the author. More