Last Flight
by Earhart, Amelia, arranged by George Palmer Putnam
- Used
- Condition
- VG in G DJ
- Seller
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Sebago, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt Brace. VG in G DJ. (1937). 3rd ptg. "Last Flight" was to have been titled "World Flight" but fate willed otherwise and is almost entirely written by Earhart . herself according to her husband who wrote the introduction, George Palmer Putnam. She often said that on her solo Atlantic flight her chances of success were "one in ten", on the Honolulu-Oakland hop, "fifty-fifty". "What percentage on this world flight, I do not know. I do know that always, where her flying brought cause for fear, I was the frightened one." Map on endpapers. some tanning to inner hinge, DJ edge wear, spine fading. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crabtree's Collection Old Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS053973I
- Title
- Last Flight
- Author
- Earhart, Amelia, arranged by George Palmer Putnam
- Illustrator
- Many photos
- Book Condition
- Used - VG in G DJ
- Edition
- 3rd ptg
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1937)
- Keywords
- "Last Flight" was to have been titled "World Flight" but fate willed, otherwise and is almost entirely written by Earhart, Aviation, Amelia Earhart, Female aviators
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About the Seller
Crabtree's Collection Old Books
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Sebago, Maine
About Crabtree's Collection Old Books
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- VG
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- Hinge
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
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