That's My Story
by Corrigan, Douglas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The man who became famous in popular cultural lore as "Wrong Way Corrigan" tells, for the first time, the true story behind that ill-fated flight & other details about his life, revealing himself to be the epitome of "all that's gay & unafraid in the spirit of American youth." In 221 pages with 56 gravure illustrations throughout text & photo frontispiece. A FIRST EDITION, First printing, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized & dated inscription to ffep, this hardcover 8vo has blue texture cloth-covered boards lettered & decorated in red to front & spine. Condition is VG+: generally very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning to edges, else unmarked save for light foxing to outside edges. Modest rubbing to extremities, bumping to both corners & ends of spine. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $1.50 price intact) is Good, missing a 2" section from lower spine & some loss at upper spine, heavy wear at edges of flaps & corners; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free (removed for photo)! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022149
- Title
- That's My Story
- Author
- Corrigan, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- SIGNED FIRST EDITION PILOTS AVIATORS AVIATION PLANES FLYING AIRPLANE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Transportation: Planes/Trains/Automobiles/Boats/Motorcycles/Bikes;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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