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Encounter With Tiber; Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
by Aldrin, Buzz
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Warner Books, 1996. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. The first edition of Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin.. Octavo, ix, [6], 560pp. Blue hardcover. Title in silver on spine. Stated "first printing July 1996" on copyright page, with number line through 3. Includes advertisement for book signing on rear endpaper. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $21.95 on front flap, bright illustrations. Signed on the title page by Buzz Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin, born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. in 1930, is an American engineer and former astronaut. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing in history, which occurred on July 20, 1969. Aldrin, along with Neil Armstrong, became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon's surface. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and later joined NASA. After leaving NASA in 1971, Aldrin pursued a career in academia and aerospace consulting, advocating for continued space exploration and colonization of Mars.
Synopsis
Encounter With Tiber is a 1996 science fiction novel written by former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and science fiction writer John Barnes
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15295
- Title
- Encounter With Tiber; Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
- Author
- Aldrin, Buzz
- Illustrator
- The first edition of Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Warner Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- first edition Buzz Aldrin, No Dream too high Aldrin, signed Neil Armstrong, Magnificent Desolation Aldrin, Carrying the Fire Collins, The Return Aldrin, Men From Earth Aldrin, Return to Earth Edwin Aldrin, mission to mars Aldrin,
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