If you are a lover of art and space alike, this bid is for you!

Chesley Bonestell was an architect, working on landmarks like the Chrysler Building and Golden Gate Bridge, but soon made a reputation for himself as a matte artist in Hollywood, working on such classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Citizen Kane. It was when he first began to sketch planets as viewed from their moons that took the art community by storm. In showing planets from a defined visual angle, he introduced a human point of view and our collective human imagination was immediately switched on to the experience of space travel.

With this bid, you'll take home two beautiful prints from the "Dean of Astronomical Artists" - a copy of the famous "Saturn as Seen From Titan" (30"w x 25.5"h), one of the six illustrations by Bonestell published in Life magazine in May 1944, and a signed copy of the 1948 print, "The Conquest of Space" (27.5"w x 23.5"h). As an added bonus, you'll receive two (well-loved and -worn) books he collaborated on with Willy Ley, a Greman-American rocket expert who had fled Nazi Germany in 1935: The Exploration of Mars and The Conquest of Space.

The Conquest of Space features 48 of his breathtaking paintings, including his most famous. Paintings in The Exploration of Mars are no less stunning and the book has been called "a detailed guidebook for mankind's first expedition to Mars." Despite being based on the scientific and engineering capabilities available in 1956, the book remains today a classic in the space engineering field. The New Mexico Museum of Space History rightly says "Bonestell's artwork combined with Ley's optimistic vision of man's future in space dazzled millions of readers across the globe and convinced many that the exploration of outer space was worth whatever risks and costs might be required".

You have no risk in bidding on this beautiful package today, so make it yours!