This auction is for a signed first edition  first printing of Astronaut Alan Bean's wonderful best-selling album of painting "Painting Apollo - First Artist On Another World". Alan Bean was the fourth astronaut to walk the Moon, as a member of the Apollo 12 mission (November 1969), and the first one with the real talent to wonderfully depict the lunar landscape in true works of art.

When NASA sent the crew of Apollo 12 to the moon, they may not have realized that they were giving an artist the vision that would carry him through a lifetime of painting. The artist, of course, was astronaut Alan Bean, whose trip to the moon with pals Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon sunk so deeply into his brain that he's been trying to get it down on canvas ever since. He even mixes moon dust and bits of charred Apollo 12 heat shield into his paints to capture a bit of the Ocean of Storms in each image. The astronauts Bean paints are brave, exuberant, and all-American, right down to the reflections of Old Glory in their mirrored visors. His moon is surprisingly colorful and dreamlike, a magical place for jumping higher than you ever did before, racing around in the lunar rover, and swatting golf balls into orbit.

This book is in great condition and was signed by the famous astronaut on the title page. It was sold by the publisher as a limited signed edition, so the authenticity of the signature is guaranteed. There is an imperfection of the dust cover on the spine and the corners are a little bumped (see images).

I've been collecting signed books for a long time and unfortunately I have to trim down my collection now. I will be happy to refund the full price minus the shipping costs if there is any doubt on the authenticity of the signature. 
Please take a look at the other very valuable signed books I have for sale.

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