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[ASTRONAUTS]. [APOLLO 11]. Pair of Titles Signed or Inscribed by Apollo 11 Astronauts, including:

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[ASTRONAUTS]. [APOLLO 11]. Pair of Titles Signed or Inscribed by Apollo 11 Astronauts, including: COLLINS, Michael. Carrying the Fire. An Astronaut's Journeys. With a Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1974]. 8vo. Illustrated. [483] pp. Publisher's full blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt, publisher's price-clipped dust jacket. Cloth binding rubbed, lightly soiled; jacket toned, worn, soiled, chipped with marginal tears. Very good. THIRD PRINTING, INSCRIBED BY COMMAND MODULE PILOT COLLINS ON THE FFEP.: "For Joan Thompson, with all good wishes - Michael Collins". [

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[And:] ALDRIN, "Buzz" Magnificent Desolation. The Long Journey Home from the Moon. With Ken Abraham. New York: Harmony Books, [2009]. Illustrated. 326 pp. Publisher's black cloth backstrip over black boards, spine stamped in blue, publisher's unclipped ("$27.00") dust jacket. Cloth spine bumped and lightly soiled, corners bumped; jacket rubbed and bumped at edges, faint scratches on jacket panels. Very good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ALDRIN ON THE TITLE-PAGE. 

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