SIGNATURE
Framed Autograph. Bold SIGNATURE of Earhart attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 11-3/4" x 16-1/2"
Aviation
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MOTOR MEMORIES. A SAGA OF WHIRLING GEARS
Detroit: Alved, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to an early automobile pioneer: "To Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,/My old friend of early/motor car days/with all good wishes/and admiration for/his contribution then/and since to higher/principles of living/and.....
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with silver lettering and decorations. The special Presentation Edition of the First Edition of Lindbergh's SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS issued in an unstated limitation of 1000 copies. This is Copy #672 SIGNED in full by the author.
LINDBERGH OF MINNESOTA. A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED on the title page by the author and by the subject's son, aviator Charles Lindbergh, who wrote the foreword. The first biography of the liberal Minnesota congressman of the early 20th century known for his ties to the farming and.....
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
Framed Photograph. A hand-colored, original 8" x 10" photograph of a painting by American artist Howard Chandler Christy, dated March 1943, of the famed aviator, Eddie Rickenbacker. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the subject "To my good friend/ 'Charles Froesch'/ Eddie Rickenbacker." Nicely matted and framed circa 1943 to an overall.....
FLIGHT TO ARRAS
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1942). Bernard Lamotte. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's blue leather-backed boards. Copy #198 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and the illustrator Bernard Lamotte. Usually found without the slipcase and with severe rubbing to the spine, this copy has no rubbing to.....
FLIGHT TO ARRAS
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1942). Bernard Lamotte. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's blue leather-backed boards. Copy #31 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and the illustrator Bernard Lamotte. Usually found with severe rubbing to the spine, this copy has virtually no wear but the slightest rubbing.....
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Hamden, CT: 6 October 1974. Letter. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Mr. [Dave] Gwinn, a retired TWA pilot and writer on aviation topics. On both sides of his 6" x 6-7/8" Deepwood Drive stationery. In full: "I have a built-in respect approaching awe for air pilots. I once.....
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Hamden, CT. Letter. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Signor Cameramer on both sides of a 6" x 3-3/4" Deepwood Drive index card with two holes punched in the left margin. In full: "Many thanks for your letter, for your generous invitation, and for the copies of the Quaderni.....
A SYSTEM OF AERONAUTICS, COMPREHENDING ITS EARLIEST INVESTIGATIONS, AND MODERN PRACTICE AND ART DESIGNED AS A HISTORY FOR THE COMMON READER, AND GUIDE TO THE STUDENT OF THE ART. IN THREE PARTS. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS ATTEMPTS IN THE ART OF FLYING BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE AERONAUTIC MACHINE BY THE MONTGOLFIERS, IN 1782, AND TO A LATER PERIOD. WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AUTHOR'S FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AERIAL VOYAGES. ALSO, FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF MAKING BALLOONS, PARACHUTES, ETC. ETC., AS ADAPTED TO THE PRACTICE OF AERIAL NAVIGATION, AND DIRECTIONS TO PREPARE EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS
Philadelphia: Joseph A. Speel, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, in the publisher's brown cloth; 310 pages with Errata slip tipped in. THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON AERONAUTICS. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and 12 lithographic plates, most illustrating famous balloons. Wise is considered to be the first American aeronaut.....
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