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[NASA ASTRONAUTS AND SOVIET COSMONAUTS]. SCOTT, David (b. 1932) and LEONOV, Alexei (1934-2019). Two Sides of the Moon. With Christine Toomey. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, [2004]. 8vo. Illustrated. 416 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, spine stamped in copper, publisher's unclipped (?$25.95") dust jacket (cloth spine lightly bumped; jacket spine and corners very slightly rubbed). Fine. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SCOTT ON THE TITLE-PAGE AND LEONOV ON THE HALF-TITLE. A fantastic account of two competing space programs, written by important figures from each side (Scott was an Apollo and Gemini astronaut, Leonov was an important cosmonaut who made the first spacewalk in 1965).