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David Scott (Signed) and Alexei Leonov Book

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David Scott (Signed) and Alexei Leonov Book
<B>David Scott (Signed) and Alexei Leonov</B></I>. <B><I>Two Sides of the Moon</B></I></B></I> <I>Our Story of the Cold War Space Race</B></I>. David Scott and Alexei Leonov with Christine Toomey. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, Dublin: Simon & Schuster, [2004]. Signed "Dave Scot" on the title paget. Octavo. xv, 415 pages. Eight black and white photographic plates. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers from a design by David Scott. A fine copy. <BR><BR>David Randolph Scott (June 6, 1932) was the Pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 9 in 1969, and Commander of Apollo 15 in 1971. Scott also worked on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project from 1973 to 1977. He is also distinguished as one of the twelve men that walked on the Moon. Alexei Arkipovich Leonov (May 30, 1934) was the Pilot of Voskhod 2 in 1965 and Commander of Soyuz 19 in 1975 during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. These two men collaborated to produce this dual biography and history on the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The work also includes a forward by Neil Armstrong and an introduction by Tom Hanks.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)