The Fun of It.

EARHART, Amelia.

Item Number: 142479

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.

First edition of Earhart’s account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout, with the original record in the rear pastedown. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes to Canada, Amelia Earhart.” Signed on the front free endpaper by Mrs. Case R. Howard, whose husband was president of the Canadian-American Trade Corporation, with the date of June 20, 1932. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

The Fun of It covers Earhart's life through May 20-21, 1932, "when Miss Earhart, alone in a Lockheed Vega monoplane with a single Wasp engine, negotiated 2,026 miles through storm and fog from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to a cow pasture on the outskirts of Londonderry, Ireland. The flight set a transatlantic record of 14 hours, 56 minutes… and stirred such public adulation that she confided, 'I'll be glad when the zoo part is over'" (ANB).