We: The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views on the Future of Aviation
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2354313
1928 30th printing of the work reprinted dozens of times within a year of publication. Near fine in very good jacket. Fore edge faintly foxed, ink name on front flyleaf, jacket a bit rubbed with two tiny closed tears. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
318 pp. 28 photographic plates. An autobiographical account by Charles A. Lindbergh about his life and the events leading up to and including his May 1927 New York to Paris solo trans-Atlantic flight in his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. It also covered his views on the future of aviation. It is also a riveting account of the early days of aviation and barnstorming. It was first published on July 27, 1927 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York, only two months after Lindbergh's historic flight. Due to Lindbergh's popularity, the autobiography proved to be an immediate best seller and remained so for over a year. He wrote or contributed to fifteen books in his lifetime.
Price: $25.00