Jack Stearns Gray, Signed (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. The cover has blue cloth with silver lettering and a vignette. 13 chapters; b/w photos and a few other illustrations; index. The author signed on the front free endpaper. The cover has frayed and faded spots. The original hinges are split. The cover is reattached to the text block. One page is missing which includes a photo that was on one side. Several pages have stains, mostly small. The front free endpaper and the first page each have two ragged edges. Signed by the Author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers mildly worn but clean, minor wear to edges with a creasing tear down top 2" of dj spine. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers mildly worn but clean, minor wear to edges with a 1" closed tear at bottom dj spine. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers mildly worn but clean, minor wear to edges with small closed tear to bottom spine. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers mildly worn, mild foxing top front dj, minor wear to edges with light chipping top spine. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. original blue cloth, signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers a bit worn but clean, minor wear to edges with a few minor chips, small closed tear to bottom rear. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers a bit worn but clean, minor wear to edges with a few minor chips, small closed tear to bottom rear. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers lightly worn but clean, minor wear to edges yet no major chips or tears, in mylar cover. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Signed by "Jack" Gray. 384pp, octavo hardcover in blue cloth. light wear to book edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers lightly worn but clean, minor wear to edges yet no major chips or tears. "Jack" became the first woman from Virginia to go up in an airplane and the first woman ever to fly over the Adirondack Mountains. Later, she became the first woman to take off in an airplane from Virginia soil. Her family dined with President Teddy Roosevelt. She was a crusader for women's rights, and led the suffrage movement in Culpeper County. signed by author.

Tall 8vo. xv, [1], 384 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, decorated initials. Blue ribbed publisher's cloth, silver metallic lettering & illustration on front cover, w/ d.j. cover art photo of "Jack Stearns Gray by C.R. Wood, illust. in metallic silver & black (slight dustsoiling), NF/NF copy, signed by the author on ffep. First edition, signed (1st issue w/ pictorial jacket), of this unique and fascinating memoir of the first woman from Virginia to fly from Virginia soil. The author and her husband - George A. Gray -- were barnstormers all over Virginia and the East Coast in their Wright Model B. Gray (1890-1961) took her first flight in 1912, knew most of the aviation pioneers, including Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Glenn Curtis, the Wright Brothers, and many others. She details many of the women fliers from her flying days, including Elinor Smith, Ruth Nichols, Ruth Elder Camp, Opal Kunz, and many others.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Aviation history. Blue cloth covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, wear on the tips, small wrinkle on the front cover cloth. Ink stamp on the first endpaper, scar inside the front cover from a bookplate removal, otherwise the interior is clean and tight, top edge dusty, author flat signed on the first endpaper. Scarce. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with silver cover design and lettering. Light to moderate wear at top/bottom spine edge and corners, otherwise cover is clean and free of wear. Cloth and silver cover design/lettering very bold and bright. Internal content problem free. Signed by author on front end sheet. Dust jacket has small edge chips at top & bottom of spine and a 3 1/2 inch long, 1/2 inch wide chip on back top edge. Many closed tears, moderate cover soiling. Dust jacket enclosed in Brodart protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering and cover design. Signed by author on front end sheet. Very slight discoloration at bottom of spine, otherwise Very Good condition. Dust jacket has closed tears on edge and spine, small chip missing at bottom of spine, light stains on spine, light soiling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Pictorial cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR "JACK" STEARNS GRAY on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1931 1st edition of this important history of aviation, penned by pioneering female pilot Mrs. Gray (or "Jack" Stearns Gray). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the spine crown and very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white photos throughout. Signed.