[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Amelia Earhart's Account of her Transatlantic Flight, SIGNED

[Charles Agvent]

EARHART, Amelia. 20 HRS. 40 MIN. 0UR FLIGHT IN THE FRIENDSHIP. THE 
AMERICAN GIRL, FIRST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY AIR, TELLS HER STORY. New 
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Original maroon cloth 
with gilt lettering. Illustrated with numerous photographs. This copy is 
SIGNED by the famous aviator on the blank recto of the frontispiece. 
Earhart's account of her transatlantic flight when she became the FIRST 
WOMAN TO TRAVEL BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. Earhart was lost at sea in 
her attempt, shortly before her fortieth birthday in 1937, to become the 
first woman to fly around the world. After her disappearance the most 
extensive air and sea search in naval history to date took place. After 
spending $4 million and scouring 250,000 square miles of ocean over a 
two-week period, the United States government reluctantly called off the 
operation. Owner name in ink of verso of front endpaper; some foxing to 
first few pages; split to hinge before the signed page. Gilt a little 
dull on the spine, some rubbing to the cover with slight loss of color 
at a couple of spots and along the fore-edge. Still Very Good, lacking 
the dustwrapper. (#017225)        $2,000.00

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