Around The World In 8 Days. The Flight Of The Winnie Mae. Signed
by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
NY: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. Photographs; 8.5 X 11; 304, [16] pages; Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. Around the World in 8 Days. The Flight of the Winnie Mae. New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. First edition, first printing stated. Signed by Harold Gatty in bold black pen on half-title. Obedie the notation that, "Wiley Post and Will Rogers killed in airplane crash August 16th 1935 at Point Barrow Alaska. Cctavo. 304 pages. Photographic frontispiece of Winnie Mae and crew, plus fifteen photographs. Facsimile reprint of Harold Gatty's log book of the flight of the Winnie Mae, fifteen pages, in the rear. Publisher's light green cloth with dark green titles. Map endpapers; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40064
- Title
- Around The World In 8 Days. The Flight Of The Winnie Mae. Signed
- Author
- Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1931
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