Introduction Flight, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK edition/First Printing. Mylar protected. Signed and Dated By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New and well reviewed book signed and dated by the author on title page. Highly collectible unread NEW copy. Mylar sleeve protects the unclipped dust cover. This is a pristine copy, stored in a low light book room. PERFECT COLLECTABLE. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Macmillan, 2008). Flatsigned, dated 8/5/08 and lined 'I'm in the tub'. Near Fine / Near Fine condition with minor pushing to the top and base of the spine. Protected dustwrapper. PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING Our descriptions are accurate. Photos are of the actual book(s) for sale. If you require additional photos, please ask. We will despatch your books rapidly (almost always within 24 hrs of the receipt of your order) using proper book wraps / boxes. For books sold for more than £50 we will use only despatch methods that are fully tracked, insured and will require a signature on delivery. Standard postage costs are included in our prices for UK customers. Priority UK rates are for Royal Mail Special Delivery, guaranteed by 1pm. For overseas customers, we have set a standard Abe postal rate, but will communicate direct with customers and charge the actual cost of postage and packing by tracked and insured delivery methods requiring signature. Please note that new EU regulations make it impractical for us to post books to the EU. Therefore, prospective customers from the EU are requested to email us before making an order so that we can discuss how best we might get the books they want to them. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An excellent, first edition copy of this debut novel by Sion Scott-Wilson, signed by the author to the title page. Presenting this debut novel by Sion Scott-Wilson, depicting the story of a young Berkshire-based man named Mikey who dreams of joining the brotherhood of Acapulcan cliff-divers. After a disastrous diving attempt renders him unable to sleep (literally), Mikey befriends and decides to help a pensioner who recently lost his Distinguished Flying Cross.The first edition of this work, signed by the author to the title page.Enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a very small bump to the head of each board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is excellent, with no discernible wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. First American Edition, uncommon First Issue of Clarke's first book. The correct L Harper edition, with the letter 'A' printed below the publisher's name on the title-page and 'A' with an asterisk on the half-title. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. A near fine or better copy in blue cloth, dark blue titles to the spine in a very good dustwrapper correctly priced at $2.50 showing light use primarily at the extremities of the spine. Illustrated with frontispiece & 15 full-page plates by Leslie Carr, R A Smith, Frank Tinsley et al. 32979. Signed by Author.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Clarke's first book. Great associational copy with signatures of many post war science fiction authors, editors and fans. Signed by Clarke and; Walter Gillings, Ted Carnell, John Beynon Harris, C. S. Youd (John Christopher), Eric Williams, William F. Temple, Fred[erick] C. Brown, M. E. Allen, John Frederick Burke, J[ohn] Newman, and one unidentified. All were active in British fandom which met at the White Horse pub in London and all the signatories with the exception of one are on a known list of attendees at the 1948 Whitcon, the first post-war British science fiction convention. "The best modern semi-technical work on astronautics" (Humphries). [Reference: Ciancone 45. Humphries, Rockets and Guided Missiles 21. Ley, Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, revised edition, 1957, p. 490]. Small bookseller label to lower front paste down, fading to cloth along upper edge and spine panel, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some overall darkening, especially to the spine panel, closed tear to upper left front panel, closed tear and crease to lower right rear panel, and a touch of wear to spine ends. (32919).

Author's Autograph Edition, number 596 of 1,000 copies signed by Lindbergh; fresh in the publisher's glassine and box. Lindbergh's first book, We was published in the same year he became the first person to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight, instantly making him one of the greatest aviators of the century. The mission was proposed in 1919 by hotelier Raymond Orteig, who offered $25,000 to the first person to finish his challenge. "Flying alone in hisSpirit of St. Louisthrough clouds, icing, storms, and sleepiness, Lindbergh traveled from New York to Paris in thirty-three hours and thirty minutes. He landed at night to claim the prize before an enthusiastic crowd of 100,000 cheering Frenchmen at Le Bourget Aerodrome" (ANB). Lindbergh became determined to write his life story himself after the reporter Carlyle MacDonald had composed an initial draft of the book in Lindbergh's first-person voice. According to Quentin Reynolds, "Lindbergh writes as well as he flies". The publisher, George Palmer Putnam, had a special interest in aviation; the following year, he became Amelia Earhart's public relations manager, and they married in 1931. Loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer and three-page pamphlet. Quentin Reynolds, "The Bold Victory of a Man Alone", New York Times, 20 May 1927. Large octavo. Etched frontispiece, with tissue guard, 51 plates, the majority photographic half-tones. Title page printed in orange and black. Original japon-backed light brown paper boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, pictorial pastedowns, edges untrimmed. With original glassine dust jacket and publisher's blue box. A fine, crisp copy; glassine a little chipped and with couple of short closed tears, box with occasional rubbing and one split corner, both still very well-preserved.

Author's Autograph Edition, number "P4" of 100 copies from the presentation issue, signed by Lindbergh and on behalf of the publishers. The recipient was Katie Schermerhorn Matthews (1895-1942) of New York, with her Shakespearean bookplate, engraved for Black, Starr & Frost, on the front pastedown. This limited edition included a further 1,000 signed copies, but these were not for presentation. Lindbergh's first book, "We" was published in the same year he became the first person to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight, instantly making him one of the greatest aviators of the century. The mission was famously proposed in 1919 by hotelier Raymond Orteig, who offered $25,000 to the first person to beat his challenge. "Flying alone in his Spirit of St. Louisthrough clouds, icing, storms, and sleepiness, Lindbergh traveled from New York to Paris in thirty-three hours and thirty minutes. He landed at night to claim the prize before an enthusiastic crowd of 100,000 cheering Frenchmen at Le Bourget Aerodrome" (ANB). Lindbergh became determined to write his life story himself after the reporter Carlyle MacDonald had composed an initial draft of the book in Lindbergh's first-person voice. According to Quentin Reynolds, "Lindbergh writes as well as he flies". The publisher, George Palmer Putnam, had a special interest in aviation; the following year, he became Amelia Earhart's public relations manager and they married in 1931. Quentin Reynolds, "The Bold Victory of a Man Alone", New York Times, 20 May 1927. Large octavo. Etched frontispiece, with tissue guard, and 51 plates, the majority photographic half-tones. Title page printed in orange and black. Original half japon, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, light brown board sides, pictorial pastedowns printed in brown, edges untrimmed. With the publisher's blue card box and housed in a custom blue cloth folding box by the Dragonfly bindery. Loosely inserted publisher's 7-page biographical pamphlet on Lindbergh with closed tear reinforced with tape on first leaf verso. Spine toned, small faint marks to japon, gilt and paper sides bright, contents clean; box with slight wear and single small reinforcement inside lid: a very good copy in the well-preserved box.