Signed book: From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon by Jules Verne. First edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.5, 308 pages. Signed on the title page in blue felt tip, "Frank Borman, Apollo 8 Commander.". In fine condition, with clear lamination to the dust jacket, which exhibits a few tears and general wear.
Interestingly, there were several similarities between Verne’s novel From the Earth to the Moon and the eventuality of the Apollo program, including: the US being the first to launch a manned spacecraft to circumnavigate the moon; the rejection of Brownsville, Texas as a launch site, and the subsequent choosing of Florida; Apollo 8 being launched in the month of December and splash down and recovery in the Pacific; and the crews being made up of three members. It is also notable that this edition of the classic sci-fi work was published in 1962, the year that Borman was selected as a NASA astronaut.
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