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Lindbergh ''Spirit of St. Louis'' Signed

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Lindbergh ''Spirit of St. Louis'' Signed
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Charles Lindbergh signed presentation copy of his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, ''The Spirit of St. Louis.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1953. Limited edition signed in bold black ink by Lindbergh and numbered 57. Silver airplane and ''Presentation Edition'' stamped to front cover; silver titling and author's name to backstrip. 561pp. octavo hardcover with original red boards is illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, double-page map of the flight and mechanical diagrams of the plane. Lindbergh's gripping account of his historic nonstop transatlantic flight won him the Pulitzer Prize for autobiography in 1954. With private bookplate of famed collector James Copley, friend of Charles Lindbergh, on the front pastedown. Light shelf wear and ''Lindbergh'' written twice in pencil on signature page, else near fine. Overall, a handsome copy of the book Time Magazine said, ''keeps the reader cockpit-close to a rare adventure.''