[Rarebooks] FS: Story of the Lear Jet, 1/26 SIGNED by Lear, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gerald Ford, etc.
Charles Agvent
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Tue May 19 10:40:58 EDT 2015
From our recent catalog--SPRING MISCELLANY 2015--which contains 60
select items,all new arrivals, in a variety of fields:
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[ARMSTRONG, Neil; ALDRIN, Buzz; FORD, Gerald; et. al.] LEAR, Moya Olsen.
BILL & MOYA LEAR. 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 Copy Z of the
26 lettered copies. It is SIGNED by the author, Moya Lear, with a pasted
in signature of William Lear on a special page, and on the half-title
page it is SIGNED 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. An impressive collection of autographs, Armstrong is
especially scarce in books. Laid in is a 2003 letter of authenticity
from the publisher mentioning the scarcity of the book. Fine without
dustwrapper, as issued. (#017808) $7,500.00
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