Lot Details
Lot 184
[AVIATION] Group of four works on aviation.
Comprises BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN. Little America. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First limited edition, copy 22 of 1000, signed by Byrd. Publisher's blue boards with faux vellum spine. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (24 x 16 cm); xvi, 436 pp.; plates. Spine a bit toned, light wear; BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN. Skyward. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First limited edition, copy 79 of 500, signed by Byrd. Publisher's blue boards with blue cloth spine, two fragments of aviation cloth from the Josephine Ford mounted to the front endpaper. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (24 x 16 cm); xvi, 348 pp.; plates, map. Small stain to foot of front board; KOEHL, HERMANN, CAPT., MAJOR JAMES C. FITZMAURICE, AND BARON GUENTHER VON HUENEFELD. The Three Musketeers of the Air: Their Conquest of the Atlantic from East to West. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First limited edition, copy 73 of 260, signed by the authors. Publisher's terracotta boards with brick red cloth spine. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (24 x 16 cm); xvi, 330 pp.; plates. About fine; and CHAMBERLIN, CLARENCE C. Record Flights. Philadelphia: Dorrance, [1928]. First limited edition, copy 117 of 500 copies signed by Chamberlin. Publisher's patterned paper boards with black cloth spine in matching slipcase. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (20.5 x 13.5 cm); 286 pp. Near fine.
Four good works on aviation in the pre-WWII period, signed by the aviators.
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