The Spirit of St. Louis.

LINDBERGH, Charles A.

$3,000.00

Item Number: 147396

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month before the date of publication on the title page, “To Walter and Eliza Miller With best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August, 1953 Publication date is Sept. 14th.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and wear.

Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography, this is Charles Lindbergh’s riveting account of the first nonstop flight between the United States and Europe he undertook in 1927. "At its exciting best, this book keeps the reader cockpit close to a rare adventure" (Time).