20 hrs. 40 min. AMELIA EARHART SIGNED Limited First Edition 1928 Flag Aviation
Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story. By Amelia Earhart Introduction by Marion Perkins One of 150 numbered copies signed byAmelia Earhart. Bound with a flag that flew with her across the Atlantic. New York and London: G. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. Half maroon cloth and marbled paper over boards, lettrered and ruled in gilt. Copy #108 in Author’s Autograph Edition of only 150 copies, signed by the famous aviator on limitation page in black ink. Above that publishers’ name is handwritten by someone, possibly her husband George Putnam, who worked with her in writing the book and whose family firm published it. Includes tiny silk 48-star American flag in cellophane pouch on front paste down, which flew with Earhart in the Friendship from Boston to Wales. Very Good or better with split hinge at front, bottom and top edges rubbed, slightly bumped corners. A wonderful keepsake of the famed aviator and feminist icon, whose 1937 disappearance remains a mystery. We specialize in rare and out-of-print books! The item “20 hrs. 40 min. AMELIA EARHART SIGNED Limited First Edition 1928 Flag Aviation” is in sale since Friday, September 1, 2017. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “burnsiderarebooks” and is located in Portland, Oregon. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Subject: Biography & Autobiography
- Topic: Aviation
- Special Attributes: Limited Edition of 150 Copies
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Year Printed: 1928
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Author: Amelia Earhart
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
- Region: North America
- Language: English
- Place of Publication: New York