New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 909 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with faded red and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price unclipped "$15.00." Offset from previous dust jacket cover along top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Text block clean. Half-title page signed flat by Michener. Shelved Case 6. More

London: Neville Spearman, 1970. First Edition. Octavo, vii, 184 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. White spine with blue and white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Text block is clean with black and white photographs tipped-in at pages 56-7, 120-1, and 152-3. Shelved in Mythology & Folklore. More

Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768. First Edition, Mixed State. Octavo, xxi, 382 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary calf with gilt ruling on front and rear boards. Paneled spine with gilt lettering on label. Old elegant rebacking with spine and boards preserved. Moderate shelfwear. Rubbing and scuffing to front and rear boards. Chipping and cracking of leather on corners and along spine. Tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Age-toning and foxing to textblock. Bookplate and signature of previous owner on front pastedown. Lacking front free endpaper. Final blank Aa8 present. Rear endpaper loose within. Features fold-out map frontispiece, with closed tear on right-hand edge. RS consignment. Shelved in Case 9. More

2002. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 370 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: '$26.00.' Graphic spine with black and white lettering. Moderate shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Slight soiling on side and top edge of text block. Inscribed by Carpenter on title page. Shelved in Astronomy. More

New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 622 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with white, yellow, and blue lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price unclipped: '$17.95'. Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Half-title page signed flat by Michener. Shelved under front counter. More

Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1856. First Edition. Quartos, 3 volumes. In Good Plus condition. Bound in publisher's embossed cloth and gilt lettering to spines. All volumes with slight fraying. Some water-staining to volumes two and three, primarily along the fore edges. Volume one sympathetically rebacked with spine preserved. Volume two with webbing visible at maps in rear. Volume three with spine toned to beige. All three volumes with a bookplate to the front pastedown. Volumes two and three with an ink name stamp to the front pastedown. Profusely illustrated with tinted, hand-colored, and black and white lithograph plates, folding maps and wood engravings. Volume I with all 90 lithographic plates, including the suppressed nude bathhouse plate opposite page 408 and 79 woodcuts in the text. Volume II with 79 woodcuts in the text, 18 engravings (12 hand-colored), 9 lithographs (6 hand-colored, 3 tinted), 16 engraved barometric charts, and 16 folding maps. Volume III with the 352 full page woodcut star charts and observations on the zodiacal light. RS consignment. Shelved above Judaism. More

Edinburgh: T. Cadell, 1791 [1792]. First English edition. Quarto, xvi, [1], xiv-xv, [1], 154, [10] pages. In Good Condition. Bound in Contemporary half calf with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine with morocco label and gilt tooling. Rear board detached at the upper hinge. Front board beginning to separate. Some wear and rubbing to entirety of binding, including bumping to corners. With three engraved folding maps, plus a frontispiece plate. Shelved in case 9. More

London: London Printing and Publishing Company, ca. 1858. Octavo; Three Volumes. In Very Good condition. Three-Quarter binding in black leather and brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Textblock gilt. All three volumes have creasing along spine and corners, as well as foxing throughout textblock. Vol. I contains ink stain to half-title near fore edge. Shelved above christianity. More

Los Angeles: c.1969. On July 20th, 1969 the astronauts of Apollo XI became the first humans to step foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had the privilege of actually placing feet on the lunar surface while Michael Collins commanded the lunar module while in orbit. In honor of their historic accomplishment President Nixon hosted a dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel just a few weeks following their return. On August 13, 1969 the astronauts and their significant others gathered in Los Angeles, CA with top NASA and state officials and other VIP’s to celebrate Apollo XI. The collection presented here contains guest lists, photographs, and ephemera carefully collected and preserved over the years with direct assistance of Sanford Fox, former Chief Officer for the Social Affairs department during the Nixon Administration. Sandy was kind enough to provide access to official guest lists for high-resolution scans and also shared his own original hand-written diagrams and maps used during the early stages of planning for the event. With NASA’s recent announcement of a return trip to the moon (Artemis) the owner of this “package” has decided to share the collection and make it available to the public for the first time. The collection has the following components: NASA “Log of Apollo 11”, 12 pages of photographs and text chronicling the days and events of the mission. Official “Accept & Regret” guest list, 37 pages of high resolution scans from original copy showing complete registry of all individuals invited to the dinner along with a note (“a” or “r”) indicating whether or not they were in attendance; with hand-written notes from Sanford Fox. Full-color scans were sensitive enough to capture the highlighting, different color inks, and even the rust from the clips and staples. Blank table seating guide showing layout of event. Blank “Century Plaza” Hotel card. Blank hotel entry pass. Presidential Party Apollo XI Dinner parking pass. “Century Plaza” hotel guest notice informing the residents of extra security and procedures in place to “protect our heads of state”. Original hand-written seating chart showing final seating arrangements for the President and Mrs. Nixon along with the astronauts and their significant others (drawn by Sandy Fox). Original seating diagram showing the positions of tables, written in pencil and traced using pennies as place-savers (also in the hand of Sandy Fox). Diagram on thin tissue paper and in Very Good- condition with Light+ age toning, creasing, and a few closed partial tears. Four 8” x 10” color photographs (high-resolution scans from Library of Congress) capturing President Nixon with the astronauts before and during ceremony. One 14” x 10” color photograph (C1830-02) providing a general overview of the event, the guests and the Bands of the Armed Forces. Two magazine article photographs of ceremony and parade. One copy of typed letter written by Robert Goddard to Ruth Johnston after the event (8/20/1969) expressing gratitude for the “most prestigious and beautiful occasion I have ever attended”. Official NASA APOLLO XI astronaut stamp collector’s sheet (“The flight to the moon gave all of us a moment of history we will never forget. With the issue of a stamp printed from a die carried to the moon and back, I thought this memento would provide a lasting reminder of the spirit of Apollo.” Richard Nixon). One typed memo on White House letterhead (9/9/1969). Apollo news publications,18 pages (photocopy). “Dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel” guest registry, 27 pages of high-resolution scans showing all guests present at the event. DE Consignment. More