Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
by Shepard Alan & Deke Slayton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878685546
- ISBN 13
- 9781878685544
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1994. Foreword by Neil Armstrong 3rd printing of First Edition 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 383 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From dust jacket: (Authors Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton) were heroes of the New Frontier, members of one of the world's smallest elite: The Mercury Seven, America's original astronauts. Shepard was our first man in space; Slayton would fly on one of the last Apollo missions, the historic rendezvous with the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz. (The authors) were part of America's effort to reach the Moon from the very beginning and no one else could be as qualified to tell this fascinating and thrilling tale of the courage, dedication and teamwork that made the journey to the moon possible." Bumped head and heel of spine, slightly cocked spine, edgewear. Top of book has light soil, a small spot and there is a tiny area of shelf soil on bottom fore-edge. Jacket has adhesive residue on top corner where stickers were removed and blister from sticker adhesive. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006910
- Title
- Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
- Author
- Shepard Alan & Deke Slayton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878685546
- ISBN 13
- 9781878685544
- Publisher
- Turner Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Atlanta
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Neil Armstrong; Astronauts; Moon Race; Moon; Exploration; Space; Spacecraft;United States; History; Illustrated; Space Flight; Project Apollo;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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