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Signed book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 323 pages. Signed on the half-title and facing pages in black felt tip by three Apollo astronauts and two members of the support staff: ""Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 LMP," "Frank Borman, Apollo 8 CDR," "Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP," "Dee O'Hara, Astronaut Nurse," and "Gerry Griffin, Apollo Flight Director, Mission Control." In very good to fine condition, with sunning to the spine and a crack to the front inner hinge; the signed pages are flawless.
Interestingly, there were several similarities between Verne’s novel From the Earth to the Moon and the eventuality of the Apollo program, including: the US being the first to launch a manned spacecraft to circumnavigate the moon; the rejection of Brownsville, Texas as a launch site, and the subsequent choosing of Florida; Apollo 8 being launched in the month of December and splash down and recovery in the Pacific; and the crews being made up of three members.
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