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Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Paperback. Etat : Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Paperback. Etat : Good. Anniversary.

Paperback. Etat : Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Paperback. Etat : New. Anniversary. Special order direct from the distributor.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 50 anv edition. 478 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 50 anv edition. 478 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

HARD BACK RED. Etat : GOOD. General wear: stained and faded cover and spine, foxing B&W photos DATE PUBLISHED: 1974 EDITION: 478.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Uncommon thus. Good only with some spotting to pages, in unclipped jacket with some spotting, chips to top of foldovers, and slightly loose fit from use of flaps as bookmarks. SLIGHTLY HEAVIER THAN AVERAGE - THERE MAY BE SOME EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE THE UK.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 478 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 478 pages. 5.25x8.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Farrar, Straus and Giroux,1974. Book has a slightly shaken and cocked to spine, moderate rubbing to covers with fading to top and bottom areas, inward bumos to outer corners, mild wear to edges and tips of corners, some scuffings/tearing to front endpaper. in good condition due to cosmetic/aging wear, otherwise binding is intact with no missing pages, text remains unmarked. Dust jacket has mild rubbing/aging to front and back, heavy scuffs/tears/chips to edges and corners. in fair condition, now protected in archival cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed & inscribed by Michael Collins to the previous owner on the front free end page. First edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Jacket shows minor edge wear, including some small closed tears and bumping to corners, as well as some soiling; otherwise very good. Boards show some fading only along edges, otherwise very good. Interior clean and binding sound. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Octavo, 478 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine red and blue with red and white lettering. Minor shelf wear. Slight age toning to interior pages. Slight foxing to front free endpaper, half-title page, title page, and acknowledgement page. Signed by Collins on title page. Signed by dedicatee, Patricia Finnegan, on dedication page. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 1 1/2. Collins dedicated the book to Patricia Finnegan, his wife. 1396339. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. 40th Anniversary Edition, First Printing.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [6], xvii, [3], 478, [8] pages. In Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Orange and dark blue pictorial spine with white text. Dust jacket is housed in a protective mylar sleeve and shows mild scuffing and shelf wear on covers, some creasing on jacket spine, and wrinkling and chipping along the top edges. There is a roughly one-inch closed tear in the top edge of the jacket's front cover, and a roughly two-inch closed tear with some associated wrinkling in the top edge of the jacket's back cover. Two small areas of surface tearing along the fore edge of the jacket back cover. Jacket back cover also shows a faint water damage stain which causes some mild smearing on the text. Boards are bound in blue cloth and show mild shelf wear along bottom edges and scuffing on covers. Small, faint stain on front board. Rear board shows a large water stain that mirrors the one affecting the jacket back cover. Corners are very mildly bumped. Mild bump on fore edge of front board. Page block leans forward slightly near top edge, which causes warping to cloth along the spine. Text block shows expected age toning, with small scuffs on edges, and foxing on top edge. Ghosting on endpapers, which is darker at the front than on the rear endpaper. Some faint pen streaks on front flyleaf beneath inscription. Front flyleaf is inscribed by Michael Collins to John Watterson: "For John Watterson / with all good wishes -- / Michael Collins". Shelved in Case 1 1/2. Michael Collins was one of the three astronauts assigned to the Apollo 11 mission, and remained within the command module to complete a lunar orbit while Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon. He has inscribed the book to John Watterson, another astronaut who was slated to to be the payload specialist on a shuttle flight in March 1986. Watterson's mission was canceled after the Challenger tragedy in January 1986. 1399714. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Both books are like new and clean. The slipcase is very good with light wear. ; Black & white and color photos (color in the Michael Collins book). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED; signed and inscribed by astronaut Michael Collins on front free endpaper. First Printing. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. Unclipped dust jacket has some sunning along spine; heavy wear and creasing along edges. Gilt-stamped light blue cloth; spine ends edges slightly faded; softening to spine ends and corners; internally very clean; binding tight.

First edition, early printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For David A. Stanfield, with all good wishes - Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys was in 1974, and it is an autobiographical account by the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut. Collins writes his own work and does not hire ghost writers, explaining that "[n]o matter how good the ghost, I am convinced that a book loses realism when an interpreter stands between the storyteller and his audience" (Collins, 2001). Indeed, Collins writing has been called "the best-written book yet by any of the astronauts" by Time magazine. The New York Times Book Review said, "No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly.â.

First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. First printings are uncommon signed. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys was in 1974, and it is an autobiographical account by the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut. Collins writes his own work and does not hire ghost writers, explaining that "[n]o matter how good the ghost, I am convinced that a book loses realism when an interpreter stands between the storyteller and his audience" (Collins, 2001). Indeed, Collins writing has been called "the best-written book yet by any of the astronauts" by Time magazine. The New York Times Book Review said, "No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly.â.

Hardcover. Etat : Poor. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. The price has been clipped from the jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.