92 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS One Of Only 500 Copies Signed By Buzz Aldrin 130ALDRIN, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation. Reno, Nevada, 2009. Quarto, original half silver lambskin. $850 Signed limited first edition of this richly photo-illustrated commemoration of the Apollo 11 space mission, one of only 500 copies signed by Buzz Aldrin. Written by Buzz Aldrin and photoillustrated with dozens of beautiful contemporary color images, this work celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. With publisher’s certificate of authenticity laid in. A fine signed copy. “Wolfe At His Very Best” 131WOLFE, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York, 1979. Octavo, original gray cloth, dust jacket. $1650 First edition of Wolfe’s award-winning classic about America’s early manned space program, signed by him with his characteristic flourishes. “Wolfe at his very best… technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic—The Right Stuff is superb” (New York Times). Basis for the acclaimed 1983 film written and directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Sam Shepard and Ed Harris. Book fine, dust jacket with two tape repairs to verso. A near-fine copy. Signed By John Glenn 132GLENN, John. John Glenn: A Memoir. New York, 1999. Octavo, original blue paper boards, dust jacket. $600 First trade edition of the astronaut and senator’s “utterly plainspoken yet thrilling autobiography,” boldly signed by him. “Glenn’s utterly plainspoken yet thrilling autobiography will put a lump in readers’ throats. The astronaut and four-term U.S. senator from Ohio seems to embody the best old-fashioned American values of integrity, personal discipline, love of country, honesty, courage and responsibility… this is a memorable autobiography by a man who embraced public life and held it with a unique blend of Roman virtue and American confidence (Publishers Weekly). Preceded by a signed limited edition of 3500 copies. Book fine, in a very nearly fine dust jacket.
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