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The Arthur Ronnie Collection: Books & Autogaphs

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location2525 Michigan Ave, Bldg D4, Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States In Person PreviewPublic preview is from Feb. 4 to 9, 11am to 6pm, at James Gray Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave, Bldg 4D...

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Blacksparrow Auctions is pleased to present The Arthur Ronnie Collection: Books and Autographs, to be held on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at 11am PST. James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica, CA will host the live auction. Public preview is available from February 4 to 9, also at James Gray Gallery.

This is an unprecedented selection of over 200 lots assembled by an individual collector who personally interviewed many of the authors and obtained autographs for over 70 years throughout his career as a newspaper reporter and as a publicist in the entertainment field. The collection features presidents, explorers, aviation, and Hollywood entertainment. A few of the many highlights include:

• Under the North Pole: The Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition, Lincoln Ellsworth’s copy
• 20 hrs. 40 min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story, Amelia Earhart’s personal copy with piece of fabric from the Friendship
• The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation, Amelia Earhart’s copy with her bookplate and signature, as well as the signatures of other early aviatrixes
• The Spirit of St. Louis, Presentation Edition signed by Charles A. Lindbergh, T. Claude Ryan, Otto W. Timm, and Bud Gurney
• WE. The Famous Flier’s Own Story of his Life and his Transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of Aviation, Signed Limited Edition, additionally signed by T. Claude Ryan, Otto W. Timm, and Bud Gurney
• Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, both volumes inscribed
• The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Signed Limited Edition
• Listen! The Wind and North to the Orient, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, each book signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh

Complementing the signed books is a group of signed color lithographs, including a who’s who of early and pioneer aviators such as Charles Taylor, Grover Loening, Douglas Campbell, William Bishop, Gianni Caproni, Richard E. Byrd, A.V. Roe, Ruth Law, Ernest Hall, Jacqueline Cochran, Charles Lindbergh, Katherine Stinson, Henri Farman, and many more.

The featured item of the sale is a 2-volume set of The Lafayette Flying Corps (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920, First Edition). A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by James N. Hall and Charles Bernard Nordhoff to Dr. Edmund Gros, “For Doctor Gros, with warm regards, James N. Hall, Chas. Nordhoff, Tahiti, Oct. 14, 1927.” It is additionally signed by five surviving members of the Corps who signed on their respective biographical pages: Henry Batchelor (page 113), Edward Hinkle (page 267), Charles Kinsolving (page 301), William Wellman (movie director, page 483), and Herman Whitmore (page 487). Slipcase and dust jackets intact.

Dr. Gros was an American doctor in Paris who was instrumental in organizing the Lafayette Escadrille. Young men from neutral America during World War I were recruited to come to France and fly in the Escadrille in combat against the Germans. When America entered the war, the Lafayette Escadrille became the Lafayette Flying Corps. This is a cornerstone of any serious aviation collection. It is rare to find the books in such fine condition, and especially desirable with the signatures of Hall, Nordhoff, and Flying Corps members.

Interested bidders will be able to bid live in-person, by telephone, via absentee, and on the Internet as facilitated by iCollector. A print catalog will be available for purchase at blacksparrowauctions.com.
Items are as is. Please call us at (323) 250-3980 or email us at blacksparrow@haxbee.com for condition reports or any general inquiry.
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POST, Wiley and Harold Gatty - Around the World in 8 Days: The Flight of the Winnie Mae181 - POST, Wiley and Harold Gatty - Around the World in 8 Days: The Flight of the Winnie Mae
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Introduction by Will Rogers. Rand McNally & Company, (1931). First Edition, first printing. Octavo (8 ¾ X 6 ¼ in., 220 X 160 mm). 304 ...
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POWERS, Francis Gary - Operation Overflight: The U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time182 - POWERS, Francis Gary - Operation Overflight: The U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time
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With Curt Gentry. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, (1970). First Edition. Octavo (8 3/8 X 5 ¾ in., 213 X 147 mm). 375 pages. Dark blue cloth over n...
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RALL, Günther - My Logbook: Reminiscences 1938-2006183 - RALL, Günther - My Logbook: Reminiscences 1938-2006
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Edited by Kurt Braatz. Editions TwentynineSix, [2006]. First English language edition. Quarto (10 ¼ X 7 ¼ in., 260 X 181 mm). 373 pages. P...
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REITSCH, Hanna - Flying Is My Life184 - REITSCH, Hanna - Flying Is My Life
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Translated by Lawrence Wilson. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, (1954). First American Edition. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 ¾ in., 223 X 145 mm). 246 pa...
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REYNOLDS, Quentin - The Amazing Mr. Doolittle: A Biography of Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle185 - REYNOLDS, Quentin - The Amazing Mr. Doolittle: A Biography of Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
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Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York, (1953). First Edition. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 ¾ in., 213 X 145 mm). 313 pages. Black cloth, spine and fr...
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RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Fighting the Flying Circus, Leroy Prinz's copy with his bookplate186 - RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Fighting the Flying Circus, Leroy Prinz's copy with his bookplate
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New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1919). First Edition. With maps and a Foreword by Laurence La Tourette Driggs. Octavo (7 ½ ...
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RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Rickenbacker: An Autobiography187 - RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Rickenbacker: An Autobiography
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Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1967). Octavo (9 1/8 X 6 3/8 in., 233 X 163 mm). 458 pages. Blue cloth boards over black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine
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RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker's Full Story188 - RICKENBACKER, Edward V. - Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker's Full Story
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Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Octavo (8 X 5 ¾ in., 205 X 146 mm). 118 pages. Light blue cloth, spine and front board...
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SCHULZE, Walter H. - Captain Walter H. Schulze: The Peace Messenger, 1893-1919, In Memoriam189 - SCHULZE, Walter H. - Captain Walter H. Schulze: The Peace Messenger, 1893-1919, In Memoriam
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Privately printed, Limited Edition, 1925. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and photographs. Octavo (9 ¼ X 6 ¾ in., 235 X 172 mm). 10...
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SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Between the Elephant's Eyes!190 - SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Between the Elephant's Eyes!
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Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Octavo (8 ½ X 5 7/8 in., 216 X 152 mm). 243 pages. Grey paper covered boards over green cloth spine lettered in...
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Boring a Hole in the Sky: Six Million Miles with a Fighter Pilot191 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Boring a Hole in the Sky: Six Million Miles with a Fighter Pilot
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Random House, New York, (1961). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ¼ X 6 ¼ in., 233 X 160 mm). 292 pages. Black cloth, spine lettere...
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Damned to Glory192 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Damned to Glory
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New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1944. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (7 7/8 X 5 5/8 in., 200 X 143 mm). 228 pages. Red cloth, spine and fron
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - The Day I Owned the Sky193 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - The Day I Owned the Sky
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Bantam Books, (1988). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ¼ X 6 ¼ in., 235 X 160 mm). 238 pages. Pale blue paper covered boards over ...
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Flying Tiger: Chennault of China194 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Flying Tiger: Chennault of China
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition. Octavo (8 ½ X 5 ¾ in., 215 X 147 mm). 285 pages. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. ...
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - God Is My Co-Pilot195 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - God Is My Co-Pilot
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With a Foreword by Major General C. L. Chennault. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1943. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 7/8 i...
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SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - God Is Still My Co-Pilot196 - SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - God Is Still My Co-Pilot
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With a Foreword by The Honorable Strom Thurmond. The Augury Press, Phoenix, Arizona, 1967. Octavo (8 ¾ X 5 7/8 in., 222 X 147 mm). 276 pages. B...
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SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Look of the Eagle197 - SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Look of the Eagle
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Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1955). Octavo (8 1/8 X 5 5/8 in., 208 X 144 mm). 278 pages. Blue paper covered boards over grey cloth spine let...
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SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Runway to the Sun198 - SCOTT, JR., Col. Robert L. - Runway to the Sun
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Illustrated by Ralph Ray. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1945. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 ¾ in., 208 X 147 mm). 21...
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SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Tiger in the Sky199 - SCOTT, Col. Robert L. - Tiger in the Sky
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Ballantine Books, New York, (1959). Softcover wraps. Octavo (7 1/8 X 4 ¼ in., 181 X 120 mm). 142 pages. Good. Spine ends worn, 1 in. split alon...
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SIKORSKY, Igor I. - The Invisible Encounter200 - SIKORSKY, Igor I. - The Invisible Encounter
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Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, (1947). First Edition, first printing. Octavo (7 ¾ X 5 5/8 in., 197 X 143 mm). 120 pages. Blue cloth, spine ...
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