[Rarebooks] FS: Story of the Lear Jet, 1/26 SIGNED by Lear, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gerald Ford, etc.

Charles Agvent charles at charlesagvent.com
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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