[Rarebooks] FS: Signed by the first two men to walk on the moon and a president

[charles agvent]

[ARMSTRONG, NEIL; ALDRIN, BUZZ; FORD, GERALD; ET. AL.] LEAR, MOYA 
OLSEN. AN UNFORGETTABLE FLIGHT. Reno, NV: Jack Bacon & Co. 1996. First 
Edition. Bound in half black leather and blue marbled boards. 
Illustrated with photographs. The story of the Lear Jet written by the 
widow of the founder in a personal, autobiographical manner. Of a 
total edition of 5000 copies, there were 26 lettered and signed copies 
and 20 Presentation copies given to the signers. This is a 
Presentation Copy and is marked as such on the colophon page. It is 
SIGNED by the author, Moya Lear, as well as by the first two men to 
walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, President Gerald 
Ford, and test pilots Clay Long and Hank Beaird, who was the first 
Lear Jet pilot. In addition to creating the Lear Jet, William Lear 
also developed in 1930 the first working car radio, the rights which 
he sold to a company later called Motorola. All the signatures 
exceptfor Moya Lear's are on the half title page. An impressive 
collection of autographs. Fine, issued without dustwrapper.   $3500
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