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LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,. Sold for US$98,500 inc. premium
PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899,PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899,. Sold for US$55,000 inc. premium

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GLOBE—PERGAMON. Pergamon Moon Globe. Oxford, London, New York and Paris: [produced by Paul Räth Verlag, Leipzig for] Pergamon Press, [c.1963].
ALTER, DINSMORE, editor. Lunar Atlas. [Downey, CA]: Space Sciences Laboratory, North American Aviation, 1964.
RANGER VII. Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon. Part I: Camera "A" Series. Photographic Edition. [Pasadena, CA]: JPL, August 27, 1964.
RANGER VIII. Binder containing 82 photographs of details of the lunar surface, February 20, 1965,
RANGER IX. Alphonsus crater, March 24, 1965,
RANGER IX. Binder containing 64 photographs of details of the lunar surface, March 24, 1965,
ZOND-3. 9 photographs taken by Zond-3 of the far side of the Moon, July 20, 1965,
TURNER, RALPH. B.1935. High relief of the Mare Cognitum, made at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, April, 1965,
RANGER VIII AND IX. 3 mosaic views of the Sabine/Ritter region and of the crater Alphonsus, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Force, St. Louis, MO, [1966],
RANGER. Collection of approximately 60 volumes, documents, or dossiers related to Ranger missions, many being rare internally-circulated items from JPL or contractors, including:
TURNER, RALPH. B.1935. High relief of an unidentified area of the lunar surface, made at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, 1966,
TURNER, RALPH. B.1935. High relief of Alphonsus Peak, made at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, April, 1966,
SURVEYOR. 3 memoranda issued by the US Geological Survey Surveyor Television Investigations, comprising: "Mosaicking Procedures for Surveyor Television Experiment,"
SURVEYOR I. Unique wide-angle hand mosaic of Surveyor I's shadow on the Oceanus Procellarum, June 13, 1966,
SURVEYOR I. Panorama of the Flamsteed region in Oceanus Procellarum, June 2, 1966-July 14, 1966,
SURVEYOR I. View of the lunar surface, east south-east, June 14, 1966,
SURVEYOR I. Catalog of Surveyor I Television Pictures. Washington, DC: USGS for NASA, April, 1968.
SURVEYOR III. Group of 10 images taken by Surveyor III, around April 21-22, 1967,
SURVEYOR III. Surveyor III's Soil Mechanics Surface Sampler, April 23, 1967,
SURVEYOR III. The number 2 footpad of Surveyor III, photographed by Alan Bean, November 20, 1969, gelatin silver print, 19¼ x 19¼ inches sight (490 x 490 mm), window-mounted.
SURVEYOR. Substantial collection of approximately 100 volumes, documents, or dossiers related to Surveyor missions, many being rare internally-circulated items from JPL or contractors, including:
LUNA-9. An archive of letters, documents and photographs relating to the interception by British astronomers of photographs transmitted from the lunar surface by the Soviet lander Luna-9, comprising:
ZOND, LUNA AND LUNOKHOD. 1. [In Cyrillic:] Atlas obratnoj storony Luny. [Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon.] 1960-67-75.
LUNAR ORBITER I. Telephoto panorama, being the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit, with the craters Hilbert, Khvolson and Meitner in the foreground, August 23, 1966,
LUNAR ORBITER I. View of the craters Gagarin and Mendeleev, August 25, 1966,
LUNAR ORBITER I. View of the craters Mendeleev, Fermi, and Tsiolkovsky, August 26, 1966,
LUNAR ORBITER II. Panorama of the crater Copernicus, November 24, 1966,
LUNAR ORBITER III. The far side of the Moon from Orbiter III's apolune, February 19, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER III. Telephoto panorama of the Hortensius domes, February 20, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER III. View of Kepler crater and vicinity, February 21, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER III. View from the southwestern edge of the Oceanus Procellarum near the crater Grimaldi, February 22, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. A view of the Moon, centered on the Mare Australe and with the dark crater Tsiolkovsky visible near the limb, May 11, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama centered on the crater Alphonsus, May 18, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. View of the crater Aristarchus, and Schröter's Valley, May 22, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama centered on the crater Gauss, May 23, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. View of the Mare Imbrium, May 23, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. View of a lunar limb with the Mare Crisium visible, May 24, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama of the Mare Crisium, May 25, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. View of the area just south of the Alexander formation, August 6, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. Telephoto panorama from Censorinus to Littrow, August 6, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. Earth from lunar orbit, with diagram of the geographical features, August 8, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. Telephoto panorama of View of the craters Messier and Messier A, August 10, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. View of the craters Messier and Messier A, August 10, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. H21 Telephoto panorama of..., August 10, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. View of the Mare Moscoviense and the crater Campbell, August 14, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. Oversize view of the Rimae Parry leading into Fra Mauro crater, August 15, 1967,
LUNAR ORBITER V. Oversize view of peaks at the center of the crater Copernicus, August 16, 1967,
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