Sun Bird by David (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Harold Vinal, Ltd. 1927. 241 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rare aviation themed novel of a man who dares to cross the Atlantic alone by plane. Lindbergh made the idea a reality only a year before the book published. E-23; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition with the original jacket. The book has significant spine lean, otherwise a nice copy. The jacket has loss to the spine ends and upper edge on front and back, otherwise also in very good condition. This copy inscribed and signed 'the author'. Scarce without the inscription, but scarcer still with the author's inscription. Unsigned, probably because the author's real name is not K. David but likely Mrs. W.R. Davis ( born Mary Humbargar ) the wife of early Stockton California mayor. A novel that chronicles a solo flight across the Atlantic. The novel was published shortly after Charles Lindbergh's historic trans Atlantic flight just shy of a century ago. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Rare aviation themed novel of a man who dares to cross the Atlantic alone by plane. Lindbergh made the idea a reality only a year before the book published. Near Fine in dustjacket lacking several inches at top spine end and top rear panel, lower spine end with quarter sized chip.