Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 1996. First edition of this autobiography of Bill and Moya Lear. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Bob and Deloros Hope on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Bob and Delores [sic] - You'' remember a lot of this! With an embrace for you both Moya Olsen Lear 6/96." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kim Bacon and Jim Richards. A lovingly written, humorous and poignant meemoir of her life as the daughter of vaudeville star Ole Olsen of Olsen and Johnson, as the wife of pioneer aviation inventor William P. Lear and her incredible life during the years following his death in 1978.

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Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 117371
Title: Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight.
Author: Lear, Moya Olsen
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jack Bacon & Company
Place of Publication: Reno, Nevada
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: Bill and Moya Lear : An Unforgettable Flight First Edition
Bookseller catalogs: Biography and Autobiography;

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