The Easton Press Astronaut Library

7 Vol. Collection: Countdown; Moon Shot; The Last Man on the Moon; Lost Moon; We Seven; Schirra's Space; Men from Earth [Signed]

Connecticut: Easton Press, 1990s. Seven octavo volumes. Easton Press signed collector's editions comprising Frank Borman's Countdown; Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton's Moon Shot; Eugene Cernan's The Last Man on the Moon; James Lovell's Lost Moon; We Seven; Walter M. Schirra Jr.'s Schirra's Space; and Buzz Aldrin's Men from Earth. Uniformly bound in full black leather with raised spine bands and elaborate gilt decoration, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, and integral ribbon markers. The signed editions of the original six-volume Astronaut Library were issued in limitations of 3,000 copies; The Last Man on the Moon was subsequently added as a seventh signed volume. Lost Moon and We Seven remain sealed in shrink-wrap. Other volumes show only minor shelf and handling wear; gilt bright. Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity present for unwrapped books. 

An impressive signed library chronicling the American space program through the firsthand accounts of many of its most celebrated participants. The seven volumes encompass the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo eras and were issued by Easton Press as its Astronaut Library, with signed editions associated with Frank Borman, Alan Shepard, Gene Cernan, James Lovell, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Wally Schirra, and Buzz Aldrin. M2. . Fine to Near Fine. Item #1051

Price: $2,495.00