Category: RARE Books for Sale

Rare book auction includes the white whale of first editions

 

 

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Source: Melville House

by Julia Fleischaker

Swann Auction Galleries has listed an extremely rare first edition of Moby-Dick.

Now’s your chance to own the white whale of rare literature! A first edition copy of Moby-Dick: or, The Whale, including extremely rare white endpapers is up for auction at Swann Auction Galleries. Part of their 19th and 20th Century Literature Auction, the edition is expected to go for a mere $35,000-$50,000.

Stephen J. Gertz at BookTryst notes that these endpapers add “upwards of $20,000 to the value of a standard, first American edition, first issue copy with orange endpapers.” So what makes these endpapers so special? According to this collectibles website, “In 1853 a fire at Harpers - the book’s publisher - destroyed all but around 60 copies, making the edition extremely rare. This example is one of only two known that feature white endpapers, further enhancing its desirability.”

Herman Melville isn’t the only bold-faced named included in the auction. Paul Fraser Collectibles takes note of some of the other interesting items:

A signed first edition of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is also featured with an estimate of $18,000-25,000. It is inscribed: “For Jules and Joyce and also Joan with love John Steinbeck”.

It features the rare flying pig illustration that Steinbeck reserved for close friends. Jules Buck was a movie producer with whom Steinbeck worked on a screenplay that became Eli Kazan’s Viva Zapata.

The dust jacket is in excellent condition with virtually no rubbing or wear, and features the original price of $2.75.

William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is offered as a first edition, with the original cloth-backed patterned boards and dust jacket. A masterpiece of modernism, the book relates the story of the Compson family – formerly wealthy southern aristocrats who have fallen on hard times.

The edition has been expertly repaired on areas of the spine, panel and folds and features a small split to the lower front hinge. It is expected to bring $15,000-20,000.

Other books include an inscribed first edition and one of only 500 copies of T.S. Eliot’s Prufrock and Other Observations ($6,000-$9,000), and a first edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter ($6,000-$9,000).

Setting your budget under a grand? There are plenty of options: first editions of Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, an inscribed Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, and In Cold Blood, signed by Truman Capote, are just some of the titles being estimated at under $1,000.

The auction starts on November 21, and Swann Galleries lets you bid live online, over email, or on the phone, so don’t forget!

From Swann’s description of Lot 197:

“ONLY FOUND ANOTHER ORPHAN” MELVILLE, HERMAN.Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. 12mo, original black cloth, boards slightly bowed, blind-stamped with heavy rule frame and publisher’s circular device at center of each cover, minor chipping to spine ends, short fray along front joint; white endpapers, double flyleaves at front and back, usual scattered light foxing, 6-page publisher’s advertisement at end, penciled ownership signature on front free endpaper; preserved in 1/4 morocco gilt-lettered drop-back cloth box. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851

Estimate $35,000 - 50,000

unsophisticated copy of the first american edition, first state binding, containing thirty-five passages and the Epilogue omitted from the English edition (published a month earlier). Melville himself famously described his book thus: ‘It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships’ cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it.’

Julia Fleischaker is Melville House's director of publicity.

Bauman Dream Order - The List

I just received the new Bauman Rare Books notice that their new catalog was in. I thought I take a quick look and noticed a "Wish List" button. So I thought, "Here I am, lots of time on my hands. Why don't I just make a Wish List where money is no object. The sky is the limit!" I also thought I'd share that Wish List with yaw'll. These are in no particular order. I will let you know my little "shopping spree" came to $760,750.00 + tax and shipping. If I ever win the lottery, Bauman's is the first place I will go. Period

The List

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
Item ID: 88059
SIGNED BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON

THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. New York, 1971. First edition of Thompson’s edgy journey into the American dream, boldly signed by him with his characteristic “H.S. Thompson,” and additionally dated SF/7.18,84” by him. In scarce original dust jacket.
$8,250.00

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
CARROLL, Lewis
Item ID: 88337
SIGNED BY THE ORIGINAL ALICE
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. New York, 1932, 1935. Two volumes. Limited editions, each book number 608 of 1500 copies and each signed by Alice Hargreaves née Liddell, for whom Carroll wrote the books. $8500.
Status: Available
$8,500.00

Rose Tattoo

Rose Tattoo

Rose Tattoo
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Item ID: 68221
INSCRIBED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. (New York), 1951[ie, 1951]. First edition of Williams’ “celebration of the inebriate god,” inscribed by the playwright to Cheryl Crawford, who produced the play’s first run: “To Cheryl with my heart’s true love—Tennessee.” Laid in is a flyer for Crawford’s 1977 memoir, One Naked Individual: My Fifty Years in the Theatre, with notes on the verso in Crawford’s hand about Camino Real and a prop list for Rose Tattoo.
$9,200.00

Romance of King Arthur

King Arthur - Arthur Rackham

Romance of King Arthur
RACKHAM, Arthur
Item ID: 82872
ARTHUR RACKHAM’S OWN COPY OF HIS ILLUSTRATED KING ARTHUR

MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Romance of King Arthur. London, 1917. Rackham’s own copy of the first trade edition of one of his classic works, signed by him, and with his bookplate and a page of notes in his hand tipped in describing the inspirations for five of the illustrations. With 16 full-page color illustrations, seven full-page black-and white drawings and over 60 in-text illustrations. $10,000.
$10,000.00

Absalom, Absalom!

Absalom, Absalom

Absalom, Absalom!
FAULKNER, William
Item ID: 86960
SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ABSALOM, ABSALOM!

FAULKNER, William. Absalom, Absalom! New York, 1936. Signed limited first edition, number 172 of only 300 copies signed by Faulkner-“the greatest American novel since the turn of the century”—with folding map of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County. $11,000.
$11,000.00

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Dali

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL, Lewis
Item ID: 83979
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH SALVADOR DALÍ

(DALI, Salvador) CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York, 1969. Beautifully printed limited edition of the brilliant and beloved children’s classic, number 437 of 2500 copies signed by Salvador Dalí on the title page, with an original etching and 12 full-page color photogravures after his paintings—as breathtakingly imaginative as the text they illustrate. $13,000.
$13,000.00

Room of One's Own

A room of one's own

Room of One's Own
WOOLF, Virginia
Item ID: 72408
“A WOMAN MUST HAVE MONEY AND A ROOM OF HER OWN IF SHE IS TO WRITE FICTION”

WOOLF, Virginia. A Room of One’s Own. New York and London, 1929. Signed limited first edition, number 106 of 492 copies distinctively signed on the half title by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. $15,000.
$15,000.00

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
Item ID: 87782
SIGNED BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Hell's Angels. New York, 1967. First edition of Thompson’s first book, his narrative of California’s infamous biker gangs, boldly signed by the celebrated “gonzo journalist” on the half title. $16,000.

Writings

Writings

Writings
STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Item ID: 68172
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE’S WRITINGS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Writings. Cambridge, 1896, 1897. Together, seventeen volumes. Signed limited large-paper edition, number 246 of only 250 sets signed and dated (“Jany 9th 1896”) by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Volume I, with 33 illustrated frontispieces and title pages, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt. Autographed on the fly leaf by the author for this edition “a few months before her death.”
$16,000.00

Strength to Love

Martin Luther King Jr.

Strength to Love
KING Jr., Martin Luther
Item ID: 88406
INSCRIBED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

KING Jr., Martin Luther. Strength to Love. New York, Evanston, and London, 1963. First edition of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s second book, inscribed by the author and civil rights leader, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King,” in original dust jacket. An excellent association copy from the library of Transport Workers Union of America co-founder and president Mike Quill.
$16,500.00

Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Tree Grows in Brooklyn
SMITH, Betty
Item ID: 78153
EXTRAORDINARILY RARE INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION OF A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

SMITH, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. New York, (1943). First edition of Betty Smith’s scarce first novel, inscribed, “To Bill with love, Betty Smith, June 1960, Chapel Hill, N. Car.”
$16,500.00

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

Where Do We Go From Here

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
KING Jr., Martin Luther
Item ID: 88773
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TO HIS AUNT AND UNCLE

KING Jr., Martin Luther. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? New York, Evanston, and London, 1967. First edition, presentation/association copy, of Dr. King’s last book, published the year before he was assassinated, in scarce original dust jacket, inscribed by him, “To Aunt Woodie and Uncle Jerry, For whom I have great Love and Respect and whose loyal support I cherish very deeply. M.L.” $17,500.00

Works

Oscar Wilde

Works
WILDE, Oscar
Item ID: 82241
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF OSCAR WILDE’S WORKS, WITH TYPED LETTER SIGNED FROM HIS LITERARY EXECUTOR ROBERT ROSS TIPPED IN AND WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF WILDE

WILDE, Oscar. Works. London, 1908. Fourteen volumes. First collected edition of Wilde’s works, one of 80 sets printed on Japanese vellum, bound in publisher’s limp vellum gilt-decorated after designs by Ricketts. With typed letter signed by Wilde’s literary executor Robert Ross and a hand-addressed envelope containing an early print of the famous photograph of Wilde taken two hours after his death tipped in to De Profundis.
$18,500.00

Gone with the Wind

Gone With the Wind

Gone with the Wind
MITCHELL, Margaret
Item ID: 88893
SIGNED BY MARGARET MITCHELL

MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. New York, 1936. First edition, first printing, of this American classic, in original dust jacket, signed by the author..
$20,000.00

Streetcar Named Desire

Streetcar Named Desire

Streetcar Named Desire
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Item ID: 86964
SIGNED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York, 1947. First edition of Williams’ first Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, signed by him. A beautiful copy.
$20,000.00

Green Hills of Africa

Green Hills of Africa

Green Hills of Africa
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Item ID: 88839
“THE MOST LITERARY HUNTING TRIP ON RECORD”

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. New York, 1935. First edition of Hemingway’s gripping account of big game hunting, inscribed by the author, “Very truly, Ernest Hemingway.”
$22,000.00

Ravenna

Oscar Wilde

Ravenna
WILDE, Oscar
Item ID: 82478
EXTREMELY RARE PRESENTATION COPY OF RAVENNA, INSCRIBED BY OSCAR WILDE
WILDE, Oscar. Ravenna. Oxford, 1878. Rare first edition, presentation copy, of Oscar Wilde’s first book, one of only 168 copies published, inscribed by Wilde across the front wrapper: “E.B. Benson with best wishes from the author.”
$22,000.00

Farewell to Arms

Farewell to Arms

Farewell to Arms
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Item ID: 88837
“THAT MUSICAL CRYSTAL-CLEAR STYLE, BLOWN LIKE GLASS FROM THE WHITE-HEAT OF VIOLENCE”

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929. Signed limited first edition of Hemingway’s “consummate masterpiece,” number 326 of only 510 copies signed by him, in scarce original slipcase.
$22,500.00

Document signed

Abraham Lincoln

Document signed
CIVIL WAR
Item ID: 89168
SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, RARE OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT DATED JULY 9, 1863, ONLY DAYS AFTER GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG

LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed. City of Washington, July 9, 1863. Fine July 9, 1863 official presidential order signed by Lincoln shortly after the Union’s powerful but costly victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, here calling for Maine to draft thousands of men under the controversial March 3, 1863 Conscription Act, a law that would provoke the bloody New York draft riots that erupted only six days after the date of this rare Civil War signed document.
$22,500.00

Portfolio I

Folio

Portfolio I
JACOBI, Lotte
Item ID: 58801
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PORTFOLIO COLLECTION OF LOTTE JACOBI’S MOST MEMORABLE PORTRAITS, ONE OF ONLY FIVE FOLIO COPIES, FEATURING TEN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY JACOBI

JACOBI, Lotte. Portfolio I. Deering, New Hampshire, 1978. Limited artist’s proof portfolio, number four of only five copies, a rare self-published edition containing ten original silver gelatin hors commerce proofs, each signed and numbered in pencil by Jacobi on the lower corner of the image, featuring some of her finest portraiture from before 1940, including her trademark Self-Portrait, her famous image of Einstein in a leather jacket and portraits of leading Weimar figures such as Lotte Lenya, Peter Lorre and Kurt Weill.
$28,000.00

Happy Prince and Other Tales

Happy Prince

Happy Prince and Other Tales
WILDE, Oscar
Item ID: 85909
INSCRIBED BY OSCAR WILDE

WILDE, Oscar. The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London, 1888. Rare first trade edition, one of 1000 copies printed, in original Japanese vellum pictorial boards, with three plates by illustrator Walter Crane, inscribed in the year of publication, “Edith Cones from her sincere friend the author. Oscar Wilde, June, 88.” A fine, exceptional copy.
$42,000.00

Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night
FITZGERALD, F. Scott
Item ID: 68091
INSCRIBED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York, 1934. First edition, third printing (only one month after the first), in scarce original first-issue dust jacket, boldly inscribed by the author: “Souvenir of Wilmington from F. Scott Fitzgerald to J. Stuart Groves.”.
$46,000.00

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise
FITZGERALD, F. Scott
Item ID: 75461

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S FIRST BOOK, THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, INSCRIBED BY HIM ONE DAY AFTER PUBLICATION

FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York, 1920. First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald’s first novel, inscribed one day after publication, “For Pete Compton, A wild man if there ever was one — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Princeton, NJ, March 27th 1920.”
$63,000.00

Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye
SALINGER, J.D.
Item ID: 87077
INSCRIBED BY J.D. SALINGER

SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1952. First edition, early issue, of Salinger’s first book—“a 20th-century classic”—an exceedingly rare copy inscribed and dated by him within months of publication, “New York, N.Y. March 15, 1952 With best wishes, J.D. Salinger.”
$65,000.00

Beautiful and Damned

Beautiful and the Damned

Beautiful and Damned
FITZGERALD, F. Scott
Item ID: 75463
INSCRIBED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. New York, 1922. First edition, first issue, an exceptional presentation copy whimsically inscribed in the year of publication by Fitzgerald, “For Wilbur Judd, Parisien [sic], Critic, Playrite [sic], Bibliophile, Drunkard and Good Egg, From F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul 1922,” in scarce second-issue dust jacket (issued within months of the first-issue jacket).
$75,000.00

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild
LONDON, Jack
Item ID: 81588
“YOU HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR SON AND THINGS WITH US ALWAYS WILL BE WELL…”
LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York and London, 1903. First edition, first printing, of one of the most desirable copies in American literature, inscribed from Jack London to his mother within four days of publication, one of the earliest known inscriptions: “Dear Mother, You have always loved your son, and things with us always will be well. Jack. July 22, 1903,” in scarce original dust jacket.
$125,000.00

Memoirs

Memoires

Memoirs
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Item ID: 88999
SIGNED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Memoirs. Garden City, New York, 1975. First trade edition of Williams’ critically-praised autobiography, signed by him.
$750.00

Vision of Hell

Dante

Vision of Hell
DORE, Gustave
Item ID: 89102
“TORMENTS SHOWN WITH MINUTE AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING FIDELITY”
(DORÉ, Gustave) DANTE. The Vision of Hell. London and New York, circa 1870. Handsome folio edition, circa 1870, of one of Gustave Doré’s most famous illustrated works—The Vision of Hell of Dante Alighieri—his depiction of Dante’s horrific circles of Hell, with frontispiece portrait of the poet and 75 full-page wood-engravings, scarce in contemporary morocco.
$2500.

Opening of the Wisdom-Eye

Dalai Lama

Opening of the Wisdom-Eye
DALAI LAMA
Item ID: 89187
SIGNED BY THE DALAI LAMA
DALAI LAMA Tenzin Gyatso. The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye. Wheaton, Illinois, 1972. First American edition, signed on the title page by the winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
$4000.

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Upcoming Auctions of Easton & Franklin Books from the Library of Mark W. Lobst

H4128-C41028429

Hi. I just found out about this today. The first auction is tomorrow but the collection is "huge" so multiple auctions are upcoming. Online bidding is accepted and you can find auction details at ArtFact. The auctioneer is Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC from Scottsdale. Arizona. The auction is all "No Reserve". Opening bid on most lots is $10.00. Books are listed as in "excellent" condition.

I hope this will be helpful to yaw'll. Enjoy!

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Further Details About Earth Platinum

This is the second of two posts about the incredible new book by Millennium House Publishers from an interview with Gordon Cheers, the Managing Director of Millennium House . Enjoy!

Earth Platinum

http://www.millenniumhouse.com.au/index.html

Details:

On quality
Earth Platinum is printed on traditional presses then bound by hand, covered in leather—we are not cutting corners ... in fact our corners have metal protectors, built to last. The pages are printed on archival acid free paper.

Other problems encountered
There were all kinds of unexpected problems, and a great number of test versions were produced before we achieved the final version. With the paper, we started off using 120 gsm paper, but found that the pages kept ripping as we turned them, because the book size was so large. So we increased the paper to 150 gsm and there were fewer rips, then we increased it to 250gsm ... Eureka! ... No rips. This, however, meant that the cover/boards had to be made out of wood, to support the weight of the paper. Of course we couldn't cover these boards with paper, so we had to use leather, but then the corners would bend, so we had to use metal protectors.

At the beginning of this project all our 2-year-old computers crashed each time we tried to look at a map spread. We brought in a technician to increase the computer memory so that all the editors and cartographic consultants could work on the maps. Even then we used low-resolution versions, only dropping in high-resolution maps and images just before we went to print. We also had to create special font characters with a company in the UK, so that we could Romanize the local names for places in countries using Arabic, Vietnamese, Icelandic, and the like.

Building for a legacy
I have published many books, and written a few. Most books last about 3–6 months in bookshops—not because they are not good, but with over 1 million titles published in 2010 and the average bookstore carrying less than 30,000 books, there just isn't the space to hold all the titles produced each year. As writers, we often write to produce a legacy but the reality is that for most books, there is no legacy; the shelf life is too short. I wanted to leave a legacy, and wondered what it would take to achieve that. I decided a reference book needed to have 3 elements (over the years I have seen many books with these elements, but few had all 3).

These elements are:
1. Needs to be credible, authoritative, well respected. If Earth Platinum uses the best team of writers, cartographers and editors, this should happen. Earth Blue achieved this 2 years ago,
winning the Best World Atlas awards around the world.
2. Any book needs to be well produced (i.e. well bound, finished and built to last). Earth Blue won the award for (the Australian print and production) not only the Best Produced Limited Edition Book of last year, but also the Best Overall Book Of The Year. We have learned a lot since producing Earth Blue and we know that Earth Platinum will be even better.
3. Lastly, a book needs to be well cared for. If a book is rare, it will be cherished—so we are only printing 31 copies and then we will destroy the plates. This means that there will be some countries around the world that will never see a copy of Earth Platinum.

Like many of the rarest treasures in the world, Earth Platinum, too, is made by hand, and like the first book ever printed, the Gutenberg Bible (produced over 500 years ago), Earth Platinum will also be held behind glass in museums, and in the finest of historical and private book collections 500 years from now. There is little that I can achieve in my lifetime that will survive 500 years; there is little that any of us can achieve that will last 500 years.

Earth Platinum needs to be cherished, to ensure that those in the year 2500 can see how our world appeared in 2011. 500 years from now, when the buildings around us have disappeared, Earth Platinum will still be here as our legacy.

Why buy a book?
Some people think that you don’t have to open a book, you don’t have to visit an art gallery or museum, because you can “see it all on the net”. My family reads books, visits art galleries and museums, AND uses the net. Atlases, like many books, help us dream, we find one town, then spot another and another, and before we know it we have spent hours exploring the world. Three years ago I looked at an atlas with my kids—we then ended up spending $20,000 traveling to Rome, Venice, Japan and Bali on holidays—now that was an expensive atlas! Atlases are also time capsules, and Earth Platinum is one big time capsule.

Why buy an atlas when the internet is available? In the long run new technology doesn’t always replace old technology. TV didn’t replace radio, DVD didn’t replace Cinema. In the 1980s digital watches were popular, and many said digital watches would be the death of the traditional watchmaker. Most of my friends had a digital watch (some even had calculators on them)—now who is wearing a digital watch today? The watch on my wrist cost more than 10 times the cost of a digital watch, my watch is elegant, stylish and accurate. When I look at it I also gain a perspective of time, not just a single data byte. My kids will one day inherit my watch. In the 80s the watch industry did get a shake-up, many manufacturers went out of business. There are fewer watch repairers around today. The ones that are around know their craft, most of them are over 50, many are passionate about their work. Fewer and fewer individuals are learning cartography; will this industry go the same way as the watchmaker?

As publishers, we too are passionate about the books we produce, and at Millennium House, we are passionate about mapping. We believe an atlas can give you a perspective of the whole world as it is today. We also like making our books BIG! Like a good watch or family Bible, Earth Platinum will be passed from generation to generation.

Without atlases, will the internet be the world’s only source of world mapping in 5, 10, 20 years from now? Will we be handing down thumb drives to our kids saying here are this year’s family photos? Are we printing out the emails we send to family, and others, as a record of our thoughts, will we hand down web pages to future generations, saying “this is what it web pages looked like in 2012”?

Don't get me wrong; the Internet is a great resource, as are books.

What is cartography—art, science or politics?
Cartography is an art. We had teams of people just dedicated to creating the color background—differentiating the colors by the height above sea level. We spent hours at meetings discussing the choice of colors—even the oceans have 7 shades of blue. Once the coloring was decided we added the place names, only to find in some places the names were not legible as the brown background first chosen for the mountains was too dark and the type was too fine. Back to the drawing board, to get the balance right.

Cartography is a science. The symbols, layers, and the line work come together in a program called Adobe Illustrator. Once the population of a town (from over 5 million down to less than 10,000) is known, the label and marker size are then assigned based on our predetermined size scale, the town name is given a reference point (longitude and latitude), and the towns are automatically added to the maps using programs such as Maplex and MAPublisher. Cartographers then have to check by sight to make sure the names don’t run into or on top of other names. This is tricky with long names such as Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (a mountain in New Zealand)! Fortunately in this instance the label lies near the coast, so the lettering can flow into the sea. Then there are the easy town placements such as the Norwegian town of Å that lies on the island of Moskenesøya in the county of Nordland. The roads with 10 categories (such as major, minor, secondary or track), railways, rivers, national boundaries and international boundaries (7 categories in all), lakes (salt or otherwise), mountain peaks, volcanoes, World Heritage sites, etc, all have a separate coding, determining style, print color, size, thickness etc. Even the Great Wall of China has its own coding/styling.

Cartography is political, as over 40 editors (from all around the world) had the task of researching how to treat sensitive political issues such as Taiwan, Tibet, Jammu and Kashmir, and many more. Fortunately for Earth Platinum, and its readers, Earth Platinum is published in Australia. As it now exists, we would not be allowed to print Earth Platinum in China. If we printed in China, where some atlases are printed, the South China Sea, India/Pakistan, and Israel would all look very different.

Earth Platinum reflects a modern-day view of the world as it is now—taking in the partition of Sudan, the relatively new country of Kosovo, applying a current standardization to the towns in China, recognizing the South African, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand trend to revert to traditional names for some of their major towns and features. As it now exists, Earth Platinum cannot be sold in Korea or India. We could have made changes to make Korean and Indian sales possible, but chose not to. We defer to the UN for clarification and boundaries, spelling, etc—I thought if it’s good enough for the UN, it was good enough for us! Of course some of the updates simply reflect our world as it is today and who is in power, such as in Antigua and Barbuda’s highest point, which has been renamed, to honor the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Boggy Peak, on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, is now officially known as Mount Obama.

Is it a political statement, a publication reflecting modern history and cartography, or a work of art? Only 500 years from now, with the test of time, will someone else decide.

My history
In the beginning, my first book, Carnivorous Plants, was self-published in 1983, produced when owned my wholesale plant nursery in southeast Australia, where I propagated carnivorous Plants. I then wrote a book called A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World (Hardcover, 1993) published by Harper Collins, then Killer Plants and How to Grow Them for Penguin as a Picture Puffin. The Picture Puffin book then went on to win Children's Book of the Year in Australia in 1997.

Since then I have worked for Penguin books and at Random House where I was the publishing director of Children's and adult illustrated books. In 2005 with Margaret Olds I established Millennium House.

In my over 27 years of book publishing I have found the hardest books to publish are Atlases, for political, artistic and accuracy to detail reasons.

Personal
I am forever thinking of a subject or writer that could make a good book, whether I'm going for a walk, reading a newspaper or looking at TV. There are so many subjects that still need to be covered and presented in a simple informative way. For example we published Scientifica, which explained quantum physics and many other complicated scientific theories and formulae in an easy-to-understand format for the general reader. It’s very exciting to help make a complicated subject accessible.

When I’m not looking through atlases, to relax I listen to classical music and work in my garden, where I have been working on planting a tropical sanctuary, using ferns, palms and many tropical plants to create ‘rooms’ in my garden. I have been able to acquire plants that are up to 30 years old.

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Earth Platinum - Largest Limited Edition Atlas Scheduled to Release in May

Earth Platinum - World's largest Atlas

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Gordon Cheers of Millennium House and managed to put together a comprehensive background and details about his upsoming release of Easrth Platinum a book of HUGE proportions. Here are twelve brief facts about Earth Platinum:

1. Earth Platinum is 6ft by 4.5 ft
2. Earth Platinum weighs 330 pounds
3. Earth Platinum retails for $100,000USA
4. Earth Platinum has 128 pages
5. Earth Platinum has detailed maps and full-color photo spreads
6. 24 Earth Platinum images are made from stitching together as many as 1,000 individual photos, the largest has 12,000 photos joined together
7. Earth Platinum took over four years to finish
8. 100 cartographers, geographers, and editors working on Earth Platinum
9. Only 31 copies of Earth Platinum will ever be published
10. Each of them is numbered
11. About half of them are still available for purchase
12. Earth Platinum delivers mid May

The following has been provided to me by Mr. Cheers and I will publish it in two blog posts (each of considerable length). The first is background on the new Limited Edition book and the second blog post will cover details about Earth Platinum. Gordon Cheers is a pleasant, knowledgeable professional therefore, I will post his interesting tale as he told it:

"I have been asked the following questions by the public and at a book fair; below are my answers.

A brief description of Earth Platinum
Earth Platinum is the world’s largest atlas, and contains maps, text and photos. The maps are the largest scale of any world atlas on a single page, many of the images are so large they take up a wall of 6 feet x 9 feet.

When will Earth Platinum published?
Earth Platinum is expected to be published mid May 2012.

How much did the entire project cost?
Millennium House has spent over US$1 million in producing the mapping required for Earth Platinum.

How many pages? What is the weigh? How many photographs and maps?
There are 128 pages in Earth Platinum, and the weight of the book is 150 kilograms, with over 30 large photographs, 61 pages of maps.

How long did it take? How many people were involved in the work?
I had the idea over 25 years ago. We have been working on the mapping involved in Earth Platinum for over 4 years. If you added up all the hours of work, it would take one person over 60 years to complete. Fortunately for us we have had over 70 people working on the book.

Who was your biggest support during the days before the dream turned into reality?
Our publisher Janet Parker has been living this project for over 3 years, without her help it would not have been possible.

In this information age, when so much is available on the Internet, why is there a market for an atlas, and at such a cost.
The amount of data we have is so large that we needed to produce a book of this size to do the material justice. Some islands are now seen for the first time at a reasonable size in relation to their nearest continent. It’s not always easy to get a sense of scale of our planet, this is the closest a book can go to achieve this. This is the closest any of us who are not astronauts can get to obtain a feeling of how the whole world would look from space. Earth Platinum will prove that a printed book, an Atlas can still be an important work if it provides a unique experience.

It is also important that we have a record of our time (2012), and if this record can inspire individuals to travel and marvel of at our world then we have achieved what we wanted. For Museums and Libraries we believe Earth Platinum would provide the “anchor of an exhibition” of the worlds best mapping. Along side this atlas, visitors could also see the historical mapping that Museums and Libraries have been acquiring for years that relate to their particular country.

Apart from the maps, we also believe that Earth Platinum is a work of art, the way the images of our world are seen for the first time at this large detailed size. The images we’re using are so detailed, each image is made up of up to 1,000 photos. The image of the Shanghai skyline is made up of 12,000 photos and is the largest photo in the world.

People, who have stood near the double page image of Machu Picchu and have traveled there, have said to me, it’s like being back there again — “you can almost feel and touch the mountain”. Not bad for an image 6 feet x 9 feet long. Earth Platinum will have many images like Machu Picchu.This magnificent book combines maps, images and information in a stunning presentation.

What was the inspiration to publish the world’s largest atlas?
Over 25 years ago, when working for a publisher, I published a large guide to Australia full of maps. I mentioned to my boss that it would be great to produce the same sort of book on the whole world. My boss at the time said it would be too expensive—as did the next 3 bosses I had in publishing. So 6 years ago I set up my own company to produce Earth Blue and Earth Gold and from there went on to produce Earth Platinum.

How much is Earth Platinum?
US$100,000 per copy. It is not just pitched to the wealthy.
Earth Platinum is being considered by private, corporate and institutional purchasers.

What has been the response by those who have seen the book?
The many people, who came to see the prototype on display at Frankfurt Book fair, were so amazed and impressed by Earth Platinum. They wanted to look at every page, and search for their hometown before having photographs taken with the book to show to family and friends. Their enthusiasm for the project made me realize just how popular maps remain, regardless of any advances in electronic availability.

Why produce the biggest book on earth (is it the biggest book?)
We believe Earth Platinum will be the biggest book published (i.e. it has a cover, pages, an index, there is more than one printed, and is readily available for sale). Anyway, it is certainly the largest atlas ever printed or published.

Why will it be the last big atlas ever printed?
Many people are using GPS devices instead of road atlases and maps to move around, many travelers download the map of the area they want, before they travel. All this means that less maps and atlases are being printed, fewer cartographers are being trained, most mainstream publishers have sold off their cartography departments. Two years ago we published our “smaller” atlas, Earth Blue (24 inches x 18 inches), it won all the cartographic awards—no publisher has since been able to match its size or detail. The last big atlas close to Earth Platinum was produced over 350 years ago in black and white—it’s now priceless. The world was viewed a lot differently then. It may take another 350 years before anyone challenges our atlas. However, my feeling is it will never happen. Earth Platinum will become a priceless piece of art work/historical document representing our world today.

Why 31 copies?
We have looked at the market, and our costs—we want Earth Platinum to be cherished and preserved, and we feel producing 31 copies should ensure this.

Any sold yet?
We have sold a number of copies already and have interest in many, but only one in 6 countries will ever have a copy of Earth Platinum.

Will there be a small version?
We have already produced smaller atlases in the Earth series such as Earth Blue selling for $5,800. If we produced a smaller version of Earth Platinum, we would need to reduce the detail substantially and then increase the font size, otherwise it would not be readable. It would not be the same book. Detailed mapping is not like a photo; maps cannot go down smaller and smaller because they become unreadable. Earth Platinum is large because it needs to be.

Can students benefit from the atlas?
Earth Platinum will be an astonishing publication that we hope will inspire travelers and students. By using detailed hill shading and colored relief, the world and its terrain makes more sense. Consider crossing the Himalayas—which looks daunting when you see the height of the mountains and the extent of ranges. These ranges are less obvious on previous maps and atlases. Also less obvious as was the way many national borders follow rivers or mountain ranges.

How difficult was it to get experts working on it to compile the project?
Once we started to engage geography professors and prominent cartographers in one country, they seemed to know others around the world and in a very short time we had every corner of the globe covered, even the oceans. Not such a daunting task with a team of over 60 professionals.

Do you think that the cost of production will be covered by sales?
Our aim in producing Earth Platinum is to create a benchmark in cartography and a legacy for future generations. It was never meant to make lots of money—my old bosses were right; it is a very expensive exercise and it will not make money—but it will be a legacy. Producing just 31 copies will, ensure Earth Platinum is cherished for decades to come.

Be sure to look for the second post on this remarkable book... Coming soon -

Millennium House can be reached Here - http://www.millenniumhouse.com.au/index.html

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Virginia Woolf Signed Copy of Orlando For Sale

The folks at Paul Fraser Collectibles always have interesting Book and Manuscripts items to sell. They even have locks of hair from famous authors and world leaders for sale at very affordable prices. The Signed Orlando is very special and is at a fair price given its importance and rarity. The Paul Fraser site is one you may want to bookmark, I also recieve their newsletter which is always full of very interesting information. Here is the scoop on Orlando:

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is often regarded as one of the foremost modernist figures in literature of the 20th century.

Her most famous works include Orlando, Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.

After battling bouts of depression for much of her life, Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse near her home in Sussex in 1941.

This magnificent book is a hardcover limited edition of Orlando, measuring 6.25" x 9.25". It is one of a limited edition of only 800 copies of the book signed by the author, this being number 465.

Orlando, published in 1928, is a novel partly based on Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West.

The book has been signed by Woolf in purple ink on the reverse of the half title page. The autograph is in excellent condition.

The book also features an owner's bookplate which has been affixed to the front pastedown showing the books original owner was the famous American Impressionist landscape painter Daniel Garber. This copy originates from Garber's personal library - the bookplate reads "Ex Libris - Daniel and Mary F Garber". Garber's paintings are now on display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

Pencil notations have been made on the first, blank page. The book also features some light overall toning and some light sunning to the spine, otherwise it is in fine condition.

Virginia Wolfe Signature

Virginia Wolfe Signature

A rarely seen signed edition of an important 20th century novel with great provenance having come from the library of Daniel Garber.

(M) (PF373)

For sale: £1,950 $2,535.07 USD

All items are sold with:
A Certificate of Authenticity
Free insured delivery

Copy and Past the following url to purchase:

http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=209&docid=6664

Sorry - I am having trouble setting a link here. Also wanted to let you know that I am not connected with Paul Fraser Collectibles in any way. I will not benefit from any sale.

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Edgar Allan Poe Book Decorated by Frida Kahlo at Auction

Source: Paul Fraser Collectibles

The doodles give some interesting insights into the life of the celebrated Mexican artist

A beaten-up copy of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe is expected to sell for over $20,000 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on August 9.

It is no ordinary used book, however, as it belonged to celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who covered the book with doodles, inscriptions, paint and collaged leaves.

To Frida, the book provided an outlet for her to engage in dialogue with Poe's mysterious and macabre poetry, and the result is one of the most intriguing artist's books to appear on the market.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

The most interesting inscription appears at the beginning of the book, where Frida has the written following in crayon: "Pues si, Frida Kahlo, Auxocromo Cromoforo, 1922, 1945, 23, 12, 35, always."

A close reading, offered by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernist expert Luis-Martin Lozano, points directly to Kahlo's relationship with her husband, Diego Rivera:

Frida Kahlo met Rivera in 1922; she wrote in the book in 1945; she met Diego when she was 12 (actually 15, but she claimed she was born in 1910 to appear younger) and he was 35; the 23 refers not only to the years between when Frida wrote in the book and when she met Rivera (1922-1945), but also to their difference in age.

These numbers and connections are coupled with the word 'always' and the symbol for infinity.

Poe book doodled by Frida Kahlo

Poe book doodled by Frida Kahlo

'Auxocromo Cromoforo', a phrase repeated at the end of selected poems throughout, further alludes to Frida's relationship with Rivera; the phrase first appeared in a poem Frida wrote in her diary, which translates:

"My Diego, Mirror of the Night ... You could be called Auxocromo - the one who takes color. I Cromoforo - the one who gives the color. You are all the combinations of the numbers."

"The inscriptions and collages form an extraordinary record of the artist's creative process," notes Hindman's director of Books and Manuscripts, Mary Williams. "Kahlo's works are exceptionally rare.

On the occasion one does appear at auction, prices quickly exceed $200,000, with the highest price ever fetched being $5.6m in May 2006. "The present collaged work is without precedent at auction," Williams added.

"We expect the artist's book to exceed its presale estimate of $20,000-$30,000."

The book was previously in the collection of Teresa Proenza, Diego River's secretary and close personal friend of Frida Kahlo.

Edgar Allen Poe books are valuable collectibles in their own right of course. One collector whose prized possessions include Poe artefacts is actor Johnny Depp.

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Information for Sale 167 - Fine Books and Manuscripts at 1338 West Lake Street
9 Aug 2011 12:00 PM
Contact Information
Mary Williams
Email - marywilliams@lesliehindman.com

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The World’s 6 Coolest-Looking Bookstores

Source: SpotCoolStuff

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

#1 Selexyz Dominicanen
Maastricht, Netherlands

It’s tough running an independent bookstore. To make such a business successful it helps having God on your side.

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

Perhaps that’s what the proprietors of the Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore were thinking when they decided to house their establishment in a 13th century Dominican cathedral in the center of Maastricht, Holland. Though, in truth, the cathedral hasn’t been a center for worship since Napoleon put the kibosh on services after he invaded Maastricht in 1794. Since then the cathedral has been alternately abandoned, used as a warehouse and turned into what was probably the world’s most sanctified indoor bicycle parking lot.

Selexyz Dominicanen

#1 Selexyz Dominicanen

Despite the fact that the cathedral hadn’t been a working cathedral for more than 200 years, turning the space into a bookstore was an enormous challenge for Selexyz Dominicanen’s architects. A city ordinance required that the cathedral be completely preserved, meaning that no permanent modifications to the building of any sort were allowed!

Selexyz Dominicanen

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

So how do you create a three-story bookstore in a cathedral when you can’t drill any holes into the building or attach anything load-bearing to its walls? Selexyz Dominicanen made ingenious use of free-standing black steel scaffolding. This scaffolding completely supports all the bookshelves and the catwalks to them. The shelves and scaffolding are close to the cathedral’s walls but scaffolding never actually touch them.

Add to that a tasteful use of religious iconography (check out the cross-shaped reading table in the pic, above), a nice cafe located where the church choir once sang, and a slew of inviting nooks and comfy reading areas and the result is a bookstore that’s absolutely divine.

#2 Poplar Kid’s Republic
Beijing

What a cool design concept: Start with an all white bookstore interior—white floors, white ceiling, white walls, white stairs, white bookshelves, white everything—and to that liberally add rainbow splashes of bright color. Stock your shelves with a huge multi-language selection of kid’s books, add reading cubbyholes and padded activity areas, and you have Beijing’s Poplar Kid’s Republic, our favorite children’s bookstore in the world. (Sadly, our previous favorite children’s bookstore, the Cheshire Cat outside of Washington, DC, closed down several years ago—we hope endowing our current favored status upon the Kid’s Republic won’t condemn it to the same fate). Our photo below doesn't really do this huge store justice so check it out yourself next you are in Beijing. Kid’s Republic also has a branch, nearly as cool, in Shanghai.

Poplar Kid’s Republic

Poplar Kid’s Republic Bookstore Beijing

#3 Livraria Lello
Porto, Portugal

Think a profitable store can’t be lush, rich and somehow homely? The velvety Livraria Lello in downtown Porto will change your mind. Not so much the art nouveau exterior as the gold-accented interior with its red carpets, stained glass, wood paneling and flowing central stair case. Walking into this bookstore, we had an insatiable urge to light a cigar (and we don’t smoke) because, well, this is the sort of place it seems like one should do that. And, indeed, this is the sort of place where one can do that. Cigars are sold in the Livraria Lello’s upstairs four-table coffee shop along with port, coffee (obviously) and baked goods.

Livraria Lello Bookstore Porto, Portugal

Livraria Lello Bookstore Porto, Portugal

#4 El Ateneo
Buenos Aires

Quiz question: Where and when was the first ever movie with sound shown to a public audience?

The answer: The El Ateneo bookstore, 1929.

Of course, this gorgeous building in central Buenos Aires wasn’t always a bookstore. It started its life in 1919 as the Teatro Grand Splendid; more than 1,000 patrons would fill the theater to watch operas and tango performances. In 1928 this space was converted into a cinema. It has been a bookstore since 2000. Happily, the El Ateneo architects included many homages to the building’s theater days including curtains and stage lighting. There’s also a wonderful cafe up on the “stage.” Add to that plush seating areas and a huge selection of literature and you have what is by far the best bookstore in South America, arguably the most luxurious in the world, and #4 on coolest-looking bookstore list.

El Ateneo Bookstore Buenos Aires

El Ateneo Bookstore Buenos Aires

El Ateneo Bookstore Buenos Aires

El Ateneo Bookstore Buenos Aires

#5 Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books
Paris

If you’ve seen the movie Before Sunset you’ve seen the inside of the Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian bookstore—this is where Julie Delpy’s character reunited with Ethan Hawke’s during a book signing.

If you’ve read Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. (and if you haven’t you should) then you are intimately familiar with this bookstore. Time Was Soft There is the lusciously-written memoir of a homeless man who was allowed to sleep overnight in Shakespeare & Co by the store’s communist-leaning owner and then refused to vacate when times turned more capitalist. His bed is still there (see pic, below).

But even if you’ve never seen the Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian bookstore in the movies, or read about it in books, you’ll step through the store’s doorway and sense that this is the sort of quaint, quirky place that should be in cinema and literature. The isles are piled with books. The writer’s room has a working piano for patrons to play. Poets regularly read their work in one of the back rooms.

And if you can’t get to Paris personally then at least visit the store’s supremely well done website HERE — poking around it is almost as much fun as poking around the store itself.

Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books Paris

Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books Paris

Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books Paris

Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books Paris

#6 El Péndulo
Mexico City

Originally this post was envisioned as a list of five bookstores. We had to expand it to six in order to squeeze in Polanco branch of El Péndulo. This bookstore isn’t as amazingly stunning or history-filled as the above five selections are. But it is bright, spacious, huge and gloriously plant-filled. Plus the store (and attached cafe) isn’t shy about using air conditioning, which makes El Péndulo a wonderful literary escape on a hot Mexican day.

El Péndulo Bookstore Mexico City

El Péndulo Bookstore Mexico City

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Signed, Limited Orlando by Virginia Wolf Offered For Sale

Source: Paul Frasier Collectibles

Rare limited edition copy of Orlando signed by the author

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is often regarded as one of the foremost modernist figures in literature of the 20th century.

Her most famous works include Orlando, Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.

After battling bouts of depression for much of her life, Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse near her home in Sussex in 1941.

Offerred for sale is a magnificent book. It is a hardcover first edition of Orlando, measuring 6.25" x 9.25". It is one of only 800 limited edition copies of the book signed by the author, this being number 465.

Orlando, published in 1928, is a novel partly based on Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West.

The book has been signed by Woolf in purple ink on the reverse of the half title page. The autograph is in excellent condition.

The book also features an owner's bookplate which has been affixed to the front pastedown showing the books original owner was the famous American Impressionist landscape painter Daniel Garber. This copy originates from Garber's personal library - the bookplate reads "Ex Libris - Daniel and Mary F Garber". Garber's paintings are now on display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

Pencil notations have been made on the first, blank page. The book also features some light overall toning and some light sunning to the spine, otherwise it is in fine condition.

A rarely seen signed edition of an important 20th century novel with great provenance having come from the library of Daniel Garber.

For sale: £1,950 About $3170 For More Information contact Paul Frazier Collectibles

Opportunities like this don't come along very often, especially not with a 15% discount on the market value. Be quick to act and secure this magnificent item.

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Magnificent Desolation Signed by the Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Source: Paul Frazier Collectibles

Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned landing on the moon in history. On July 20 1969, he became the second person to set foot on the moon behind mission commander Neil Armstrong.

Magnificent Desolation (2009) is a book by Buzz Aldrin which features beautiful images from the Apollo 11 mission with words from the famous astronaut. It was published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing in history.

This first edition copy of Magnificent Desolation

This first edition copy of Magnificent Desolation is limited to five hundred copies, all of which have been signed by Aldrin.

This copy features Aldrin's autograph clearly in blue ink on a white page at the front of the book. It comes complete with a Certificate of Authenticity stating that the book was hand-signed by Buzz Aldrin on August 21 2008 in the presence of Jack Bacon (publisher). The certificate is signed by Bacon and Gregory G. Krisilas of Coconut Rosie Books.

Buzz Aldrin signed book

Buzz Aldrin signed book

A wonderful memoir of one the most incredible historic events.

For sale: £595

All items are sold with:
A Certificate of Authenticity
Free insured delivery

Paul Frazier Collectibles

Considering that Buzz's autograph on a signed photo has increased in value by 347.5% in the last 10 years we reckon these books offer a great opportunity, especially given the price...

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