[Rarebooks] FS: Jackie Cochran's THE STARS AT NOON Inscribed by pioneer female aviator
Charles Agvent
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Sat Apr 14 11:22:07 EDT 2007
From our new Internet-only Catalogue which has just been posted on our
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It contains 57 AVIATION & SPACE items including a selection of books
from the library of leading World War I Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, as well
as books signed by Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh,
and Antoine Saint Exupery, and some interesting 19th century aviation
material.
COCHRAN, Jacqueline. THE STARS AT NOON. London: Robert Hale
Limited (1955). First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. This
copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the aviator on the front endpaper:
"For/Katherine Howard/with appreciation/and all good wishes/Jackie
Cochran." Cochran held many of the world's air speed records and was
on the General Staff of the U. S. Air Forces in World War II when she
led more than a thousand women pilots. Very Good in a rather tired,
but complete dustwrapper. $250.00
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