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Alan Bean Signed Book: Painting Apollo. First Artist on Another World. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2009). Signed in blue felt tip on front end paper: "Alan Bean". A lavish "coffee table" volume "published on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing and the exhibition of Alan Bean's paintings at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution." "Alan Bean and his astro-artistry re-create the drama and excitement of man's exploration of the Moon as could be chronicled only by one who has been there." (Neil Armstrong). Hardbound with dust jacket, oblong quarto, 224 pages, heavily illustrated. Fine.

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