The original Star Trek aired for three seasons and ended in 1969 with no expectation of an afterlife. What followed — syndication, the convention circuit, the films, the cultural canonization — turned a cancelled space western into one of the defining American mythologies of the late twentieth century. These three memoirs are the cast’s accounting of what happened, written from inside the experience: Nimoy’s reconciliation with Spock, Shatner’s behind-the-camera stories from the original series, and Shatner’s account of the film era.
Offered together as a curated three-book set in matched fine condition, with original dust jackets. For the reader who grew up with the original cast and watched them grow older alongside the franchise, these volumes are the source documents. A complete shelf in itself — modest in scope, generous in honesty, and an honest piece of late-twentieth-century media memoir.
The Set:
I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy. Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-7868-6182-7.
Star Trek Memories by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski). HarperCollins, 1993. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-06-017734-9.
Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski). HarperCollins, 1994. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-06-017617-2.
Condition: All three fine in fine dust jackets, unclipped, original prices intact. Boards tight, no shelf wear of note. Interiors clean and unmarked; no inscriptions or bookplates. From a single private collection, smoke-free.
The original Star Trek aired for three seasons and ended in 1969 with no expectation of an afterlife. What followed — syndication, the convention circuit, the films, the cultural canonization — turned a cancelled space western into one of the defining American mythologies of the late twentieth century. These three memoirs are the cast’s accounting of what happened, written from inside the experience: Nimoy’s reconciliation with Spock, Shatner’s behind-the-camera stories from the original series, and Shatner’s account of the film era.
Offered together as a curated three-book set in matched fine condition, with original dust jackets. For the reader who grew up with the original cast and watched them grow older alongside the franchise, these volumes are the source documents. A complete shelf in itself — modest in scope, generous in honesty, and an honest piece of late-twentieth-century media memoir.
The Set:
I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy. Hyperion, 1995. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-7868-6182-7.
Star Trek Memories by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski). HarperCollins, 1993. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-06-017734-9.
Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski). HarperCollins, 1994. Stated First Edition with full number line. ISBN 0-06-017617-2.
Condition: All three fine in fine dust jackets, unclipped, original prices intact. Boards tight, no shelf wear of note. Interiors clean and unmarked; no inscriptions or bookplates. From a single private collection, smoke-free.
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