Vision of the Future: The Art of Robert McCall (signed)
by Bova, Ben (signed); & Robert McCall (afterword)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1982. SIGNED by both Ben Bova and Robert McCall directly on the front free endpaper (their signatures only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Gorgeously illustrated throughout in beautiful full color. Afterword by Robert McCall. Has reproductions of McCall's mural of the conquest of the moon that covers an entire wall of the Air & Space Museum in Washington; McCall murals at the Dryden Flight Research Center & Edwards Air Force Base in California and at the Johnson Space Center outside Houston; the posters he created for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY & his paintings of phases of the space program that appear on U.S. Postal stamps; his paintings that hang in the Pentagon, the Air Force Academy and in air bases around the world. Ben Bova's text covers the entire history of our explorationn of space as well as McCall's career and involvement in it. Bound in the original baby blue cloth, decorated in bright white. Complete with dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 11.5" tall. This large book will require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. . SIGNED by AUTHOR and ARTIST. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by McCall, Robert (signed). 191pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027467
- Title
- Vision of the Future: The Art of Robert McCall (signed)
- Author
- Bova, Ben (signed); & Robert McCall (afterword)
- Illustrator
- McCall, Robert (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 191pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy; Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
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Henderson, Nevada
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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