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Click Here - "Atlas Of The Moon" by Antonin Rukl

This is the book to use for a lunar observing program, such as the one that the Astronomical League has. The book contains a complete (for the near side of the moon) set of drawings with wonderful attention to detail. The inside front and back covers contain an index map. Each detail map contains information on the major land forms as well as a reference to the origin of the name. The only complaint I have is that the index map numbers are in red print. This means that when I am out observing and using a red flashlight (to protect night vision) I cannot read the numbers. On the other hand, when the moon is more than a few days past New, a red flashlight isn't very ben
 

Click Here - "To A Rocky Moon", Don Wilhelms

A geologist's history of lunar exploration. Excellent!
 

Click Here - "A New Photographic Atlas Of The Moon" by Zdenek Kopal

Hard to find, but worth waiting for.