Carrying the Fire

North Salem, NY: The Adventure Library, 1998 Hard cover, Octavo (5 ½" x 8 ⅜"). pp xv [1] 388 [12]. In half buckram with paper-covered boards featuring the moon, gilt titles to spine on dark blue printed labels, and end papers featuring the lunar surface. With color photographic plates. Includes publisher's letter to subscribers. Condition: Near Fine. *** A highly detailed account of the training and experiences leading up to the historic first moon landing by one of the three astronauts who took part. Michael Collins (1930-2021) flew the Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, while his fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the descent to the lunar surface. Collins describes the training he received as a test pilot and later as an astronaut, but also includes his personal account of what it felt like to be in space, both physiological and emotionally. *** The Adventure Library was a series of 30 books sold by subscription between 1994 and 2003. The series was the brainchild of Edward Livermore Burlingame, an American publishing executive, who put up his own money to kickstart the company. He had been looking for something new to accomplish, and thought that the classic works of exploration were being overlooked by the reading public, because there were no new editions. This is book 15 in the series.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine.