Lowell Thomas SIGNED 1968 1st Edition Bleriot Byrd Lindbergh Aviation For Sale

SIGNED Lowell Thomas Autograph 1968 1st Ed Aviation First Flights Book
1968 1st Ed, Green Ink Signature, VG Book/Fair Jacket
DESCRIPTIONFamous First Flights That Changed History by Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1968. First Edition, first printing (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-27139 and "First Edition" both stated on the copyright page).This copy is SIGNED by Lowell Thomas in green ink on the front free endpaper. Lowell Thomas was the legendary CBS Radio newsman and author of over 50 books, best known for With Lawrence in Arabia. He and his son, Lowell Thomas Jr. (a mountaineer, glacier pilot, and Alaska expedition veteran), co-wrote this account of sixteen landmark flights, three of which the authors personally took part in.Covers sixteen historic aviation firsts including Bleriot's 1909 Channel crossing, the Vickers-Vimy flight to Australia, Lindbergh's transatlantic solo, Byrd's polar flights, Doolittle, Alcock and Brown, and the authors' own 1965 round-the-world flight over both poles. Illustrated throughout with over 40 period photographs (United Press International, Culver Pictures, and others).Blue cloth boards with teal spine lettering, "Doubleday" stamped at spine base. Original dust jacket present, priced $6.95, with jacket photo by Zbigniew K. Gajda and typography by Diane Whit.A strong association piece for collectors of aviation history and Golden Age flight literature, made more desirable by the genuine Lowell Thomas signature.
CONDITIONText block/boards: Very Good. Tan cloth boards clean and square, spine lettering crisp, hinges tight, no writing or markings inside apart from the signature. Pages clean and bright with no foxing noted.Dust jacket: Fair to Good, and the weak point of this copy. Spine ends chipped and torn with loss, vertical cracking and stress lines running down the spine panel, corner and edge wear throughout, light soiling to the front flap. Jacket is complete (front, spine, rear, both flaps) but shows real handling wear, not just shelf wear.Signature: Genuine ink autograph, "Lowell Thomas," in green marker/pen on the front free endpaper. Clean and unsmudged, no accompanying inscription or date.Overall: A well-preserved book inside a well-loved jacket. Honest description leads with the jacket condition; buyers focused on the signature and text block will still be pleased.

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