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Amelia; Pilot in Pearls
by Shirley Dobson Gilroy (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 091299102X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912991023
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
McLean, VA : Link Press, 1985 Link Press, McLean, VA. 1985. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; small closed tears at head and tail; light wear at head, tail, and tips; slight sunfading to spine. Ivory boards with blue cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine; airplane in blue on front board. 155 pp 4to. This book is the result of years of research making this volume a valentine to Amelia from all those who knew, loved her, and contributed to her story. The author ties together a wealth of material to paint an image of the flesh-and-blood Amelia- helping her down from her pedestal sow the reader can enjoy the warm, graceful, droll, creative woman behind the pilot. A rare collection of B&W photos of Amelia in and out of the airplane. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010794
- Title
- Amelia; Pilot in Pearls
- Author
- Shirley Dobson Gilroy (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091299102X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912991023
- Publisher
- Link Press
- Place of Publication
- McLean, VA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- airplanes, flight, Atchison Kansas, Amelia Earhart, female aviator, Lockheed Electra, transatlantic flight, transcontinental flight, Fred Noonan, aviation pioneer, Ninety-Nines, Howland Island, World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Title Page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
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