Voyages to the Moon [SIGNED by Neil Armstrong] 1948 Marjorie Hope Nicolson

Title: Voyages to the Moon [inscribed by Neil Armstrong]

Author: Marjorie Hope Nicolson

Description: Inscribed by Neil Armstrong on half-title. First Edition, stated first printing. Boards in brown cloth, silver-stamped spine. Interior clean and crisp. Eight illustrated plates. Dust jacket edge rubbed; scuffs and light surface wear to spine; front flap clipped, but still showing publisher's price ($4.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. xvii + 297 pages.

Inscribed by astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, to Louise Oberschmidt, specialist book dealer and former member of the advisory board of Firsts magazine: ''Best Wishes / to / Louise Oberschmidt / Neil Armstrong''.

In Voyages to the Moon, Marjorie Nicolson explores the literary history of flight and cosmic voyages and the relationship between scientific thought and literature, largely but not exclusively through works of the 16th and 17th century. This entertaining and scholarly treatment shows the close relationship between the history of literature, astronomy, and aviation, and engagingly chronicles how writers have responded rapidly to new conceptions of the universe and new discoveries of science.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place: New York
Year: 1948

Keywords: science, literature, literary history,