Magnificent Desolation; The Long Journey Home From The Moon

New York: Harmony Books, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition, first printing of Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From The Moon, signed by Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin.. Octavo, viii, [2], 326pp. Black hardcover, title stamped in blue on spine. Stated "First Edition," with a full number line. Faint foxing along fore edge and top edge. In the publisher's very good dust jacket, $27.00 on the front flap, shelf wear to covers. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on the half title. 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.