"WE CAN DARE TO DREAM AGAIN AND TO LEAD": FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN
ALDRIN, Buzz. Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration. Washington, DC: National Geographic, (2013). Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $400.
First edition, boldly signed on the title page by astronaut Buzz Aldrin, featuring numerous black-and-white and color illustrations.
The second astronaut to walk on the moon examines how and why humanity should push the space frontier outward to reach Mars. "Buzz Aldrin has been as far from Earth as any human being, and now he's leading the charge to go much farther, to our next epic destination" (James Cameron). Co-written with space journalist Leonard David, with a foreword by Andrew Aldrin.
Book in fine condition; dust jacket near-fine with short closed tear at spine foot. A handsome signed copy.