Description
Octavo, 374pp. Half marbled boards, maroon cloth spine, gilt title on spine. Uncut pages, clean. Housed in attractive blue cloth clamshell case. Previous owners bookplate opposite front end paper. This limited edition of 150 copies was signed by Amelia Earhart on the limitation page. This is number 12 of 150. Includes small linen flag, attached to front end paper, which was flown from Boston to Wales on the Friendship.
Comments: This book recounts the first solo flight across the Atlantic by a woman. An important moment in aviation history and an attractive signed copy to commemorate the occasion. Ms. Earhart disappeared in 1937 on a flight around the world and was never found.