Remembering the Moon.

First Edition of Walter Cronkite's Remembering the Moon; Inscribed by Him

Remembering the Moon.

CRONKITE, Walter.

Item Number: 117276

West Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Thornwillow Press, 1989.

First edition of this work, one of 1000 copies, this is number 55. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. PPresentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Chip Weil Walter Conkrite.” The recipient, Chip Weil, is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Central Newspapers. Also signed by the book designer Luke Pontifell. Drawings by Irena Martens. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

This chronicle of one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever achieved is told through the real transcripts of CBS broadcasts during the mission. The transcripts include the communications had between the astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins and the Houston Control Center, which - compiled and with introduction by Walter Cronkite, the CBS news anchor at the time, - give the reader not only the facts of the first moon landing, but also awake the genuine memories and emotions of those involved.

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