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LINDBERGH, Charles A. - Spirit of St. Louis, Presentation Ed. Signed, Lindbergh, Ryan, Timm & Gurney

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LINDBERGH, Charles A. - Spirit of St. Louis, Presentation Ed. Signed, Lindbergh, Ryan, Timm & Gurney
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LINDBERGH, Charles A. The Spirit of St. Louis, Presentation Edition signed by Charles A. Lindbergh, T. Claude Ryan, Otto W. Timm, and Bud Gurney. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. First Edition. Presentation Edition, Number 414. Signed by Charles A. Lindbergh (on the limitation page), and by T. Claude Ryan, whose company built The Spirit of St. Louis, Otto W. Timm, who gave Lindbergh his first flight in 1922, and Bud Gurney, Lindbergh’s barnstorming partner (on the verso of the front free endpaper).

Octavo (8 ½ X 5 ¾ in., 215 X 146 mm). 562 pages. Red cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt. A bright, fresh copy. Fine, with a trace of handling at the spine crown. Original glassine dust jacket exhibits rubbing, and chip at the upper front corner tip.

The Presentation Edition was issued one month before publication and is Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize-winning account of his historic transatlantic flight that made him the most famous aviator in history. A scarce assemblage of signatures from the men who were instrumental in creating Lindbergh, the aviation icon.