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RANGER VIII AND RANGER IX LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$3,125 inc. premium
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RANGER VIII AND RANGER IX LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY
1. [RANGER VIII.] National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ranger VIII Photographs of the Moon. Photographic Edition. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, December 15, 1965. 170 photographs, 13 3/4 and 10 3/4 inches (sheet), backed by linen. Printed booklet, ix, 17 pp; tabbed section dividers. Original vinyl folding case. Marginal spotting to verso of a small number of photographs, case soiled with some splitting at seams.
2. [RANGER IX.] National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ranger IX Photographs of the Moon. Photographic Edition. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, December 15, 1965. 170 photographs, 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (sheet), backed by linen. Printed booklet viii, 17 pp; tabbed section dividers. Original vinyl folding case. Some marginal spotting to versos, heavier to first few and last few plates, case soiled with some splitting at joint of lid.
SOLD WITH: One reel of Kodak film from Ranger VIII and one from Ranger IX; AND WITH: an incomplete copy of the Consolidated Lunar Atlas. Supplement Numbers 3 and 4 to the USAF Photographic Lunar Atlas. Tucson: 1967. Lacking photos C20, D15-21, E13 from part I and DIV from part II.
The Ranger missions provided the first images of the moon not taken from earth based telescopes, and were a crucial first step towards the moon landing. The present lot comprises the official NASA publication of Ranger VIII and IX, the final two of the three successful Ranger missions (the first six ended in failure).
2. [RANGER IX.] National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ranger IX Photographs of the Moon. Photographic Edition. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, December 15, 1965. 170 photographs, 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (sheet), backed by linen. Printed booklet viii, 17 pp; tabbed section dividers. Original vinyl folding case. Some marginal spotting to versos, heavier to first few and last few plates, case soiled with some splitting at joint of lid.
SOLD WITH: One reel of Kodak film from Ranger VIII and one from Ranger IX; AND WITH: an incomplete copy of the Consolidated Lunar Atlas. Supplement Numbers 3 and 4 to the USAF Photographic Lunar Atlas. Tucson: 1967. Lacking photos C20, D15-21, E13 from part I and DIV from part II.
The Ranger missions provided the first images of the moon not taken from earth based telescopes, and were a crucial first step towards the moon landing. The present lot comprises the official NASA publication of Ranger VIII and IX, the final two of the three successful Ranger missions (the first six ended in failure).

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