New York: Derby, 1857. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one, rebound in green cloth with leather title label to spine. 312pp + 295pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for very light pencil notation to front endpaper. Presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket. More
Bridgeport, CT: The Bridgeport Telegram, 1937. An exceptional 1937 newspaper with front-page bold banner headline overtop the ICONIC first photograph taken of the German air ship 'Hindenburg' in mid-explosion as it attempts to land at Lakehurst, NJ. This May 7, 1937 issue, the best we've handled, of the Bridgeport..... More
The Greenwich Workshop Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful coffee-table Limited Edition, signed in thick metallic gold ink on a special 'Collector's Edition" page at the front of the book. Bean's strikingly-illustrated memoir features double-page, full-page, and other illustrations accompanied by the moonwalker's accounts. This edition features the..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous 1928 1st Edition, in its original elusive dust jacket, signed by Byrd without inscription on a front flyleaf. Publisher's bright blue cloth, with titling in gilt. 359pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for some pencil notations..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. 8vo. A sublime association copy of Linbergh's autobiography, inscribed to the secretary of one of Lindbergh's foremost patrons and supporters, Harry F. Guggenheim. This book was gifted by Lindbergh to Dorthea Mehldau, Guggenheim's secretary, in 1928, and features Lindbergh's signature and inscription..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 1st Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous 1930 1st Edition, in its original elusive dust jacket, signed by Byrd without inscription on a front flyleaf. Laid in are two advertising flyers for the book, one advertising the Byrd Prize Letter Contest, and the other..... More
Leicester: Midland Publishing Limited, 1994. Quarto. 1st Edition. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Binding and dust jacket in beautiful condition, with a touch of light fading to jacket spine. More