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The Arthur Ronnie Collection: Books & Autogaphs

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location2525 Michigan Ave, Bldg D4, Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States In Person PreviewPublic preview is from Feb. 4 to 9, 11am to 6pm, at James Gray Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave, Bldg 4D...

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Blacksparrow Auctions is pleased to present The Arthur Ronnie Collection: Books and Autographs, to be held on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at 11am PST. James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica, CA will host the live auction. Public preview is available from February 4 to 9, also at James Gray Gallery.

This is an unprecedented selection of over 200 lots assembled by an individual collector who personally interviewed many of the authors and obtained autographs for over 70 years throughout his career as a newspaper reporter and as a publicist in the entertainment field. The collection features presidents, explorers, aviation, and Hollywood entertainment. A few of the many highlights include:

• Under the North Pole: The Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition, Lincoln Ellsworth’s copy
• 20 hrs. 40 min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story, Amelia Earhart’s personal copy with piece of fabric from the Friendship
• The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation, Amelia Earhart’s copy with her bookplate and signature, as well as the signatures of other early aviatrixes
• The Spirit of St. Louis, Presentation Edition signed by Charles A. Lindbergh, T. Claude Ryan, Otto W. Timm, and Bud Gurney
• WE. The Famous Flier’s Own Story of his Life and his Transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of Aviation, Signed Limited Edition, additionally signed by T. Claude Ryan, Otto W. Timm, and Bud Gurney
• Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, both volumes inscribed
• The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Signed Limited Edition
• Listen! The Wind and North to the Orient, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, each book signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh

Complementing the signed books is a group of signed color lithographs, including a who’s who of early and pioneer aviators such as Charles Taylor, Grover Loening, Douglas Campbell, William Bishop, Gianni Caproni, Richard E. Byrd, A.V. Roe, Ruth Law, Ernest Hall, Jacqueline Cochran, Charles Lindbergh, Katherine Stinson, Henri Farman, and many more.

The featured item of the sale is a 2-volume set of The Lafayette Flying Corps (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920, First Edition). A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by James N. Hall and Charles Bernard Nordhoff to Dr. Edmund Gros, “For Doctor Gros, with warm regards, James N. Hall, Chas. Nordhoff, Tahiti, Oct. 14, 1927.” It is additionally signed by five surviving members of the Corps who signed on their respective biographical pages: Henry Batchelor (page 113), Edward Hinkle (page 267), Charles Kinsolving (page 301), William Wellman (movie director, page 483), and Herman Whitmore (page 487). Slipcase and dust jackets intact.

Dr. Gros was an American doctor in Paris who was instrumental in organizing the Lafayette Escadrille. Young men from neutral America during World War I were recruited to come to France and fly in the Escadrille in combat against the Germans. When America entered the war, the Lafayette Escadrille became the Lafayette Flying Corps. This is a cornerstone of any serious aviation collection. It is rare to find the books in such fine condition, and especially desirable with the signatures of Hall, Nordhoff, and Flying Corps members.

Interested bidders will be able to bid live in-person, by telephone, via absentee, and on the Internet as facilitated by iCollector. A print catalog will be available for purchase at blacksparrowauctions.com.
Items are as is. Please call us at (323) 250-3980 or email us at blacksparrow@haxbee.com for condition reports or any general inquiry.
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CARTER, Jimmy - An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood1 - CARTER, Jimmy - An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood
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Simon & Schuster, (2001). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 ½ in., 240 X 166 mm). 284 pages. Tan paper covered boards ove...
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CARTER, Jimmy - Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President2 - CARTER, Jimmy - Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
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Bantam Books, (1982). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ¼ X 6 3/8 in., 235 X 162 mm). 622 pages. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt...
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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends3 - EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, (1967). First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 ¼ in., 240 X 161 mm). 400 pages. Black cloth,...
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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Mandate for Change, 1953-19564 - EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Mandate for Change, 1953-1956
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1963. First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 5/8 in., 240 X 163 mm). 650 pages. Dark blue cloth, ...
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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-19615 - EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1965. First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 5/8 in., 240 X 163 mm). 741 pages. Dark blue cloth, ...
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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-19616 - EISENHOWER, Dwight D. - The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1965. Signed Limited Edition. This is Copy Number 358 of 1,500 copies. Quarto (9 5/8 X 6 ¾...
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HOOVER, Herbert - America's First Crusade7 - HOOVER, Herbert - America's First Crusade
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New York, Charles Scribner’s Son, 1942. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (8 X 5 ½ in., 207 X 141 mm). 81 pages. Grey cloth, spine and fron...
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HOOVER, Herbert - The Challenge to Liberty8 - HOOVER, Herbert - The Challenge to Liberty
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New York, Charles Scribner’s Son, 1934. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (7 7/8 X 5 7/8 in., 200 X 148 mm). 212 pages. Red cloth, spine and front
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JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines - The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-19699 - JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines - The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 ½ in., 245 X 165 mm). 636 pages. Red cloth blocked in blue and lettered...
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NIXON, Richard M. - The Challenges We Face10 - NIXON, Richard M. - The Challenges We Face
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Edited and Compiled from the Speeches and Papers of Richard M. Nixon. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Octavo (8 ½ X 5 7/8 ...
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NIXON, Richard M. - The Memoirs of Richard M. Nixon11 - NIXON, Richard M. - The Memoirs of Richard M. Nixon
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Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1978. First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 ¾ in., 240 X 170 mm). 1120 pages. Dark blue cloth, spin...
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NIXON, Richard M. - The Real War12 - NIXON, Richard M. - The Real War
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Warner Books, (1980). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ¼ X 6 ¼ in., 235 X 160 mm). 341 pages. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt an...
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NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises13 - NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises
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Pocket Books, Inc., New York, (1962). First printing. Octavo (7 1/8 X 4 3/8 in. 181 X 110 mm). 493 pages. Softcover rebound in brown leatherette. Good
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NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises14 - NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 3/8 in., 240 X 163 mm). 460 pages. Grey cloth, spine...
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NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises15 - NIXON, Richard M. - Six Crises
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 3/8 in., 240 X 163 mm). 460 pages. Grey cloth, spine...
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REAGAN, Ronald - Where's the Rest of Me: The Ronald Reagan Story16 - REAGAN, Ronald - Where's the Rest of Me: The Ronald Reagan Story
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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, (1965). First Edition. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 ¾ in., 210 X 145 mm). 316 pages. Black cloth, spine lettered in ...
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REAGAN, Ronald. - Ronald Reagan - An American Life17 - REAGAN, Ronald. - Ronald Reagan - An American Life
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Simon and Schuster, Inc., Garden City, New York, (1990). First Edition, first printing. Quarto (9 ½ X 6 ½ in., 242 X 164 mm). 748 pages. R...
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TRUMAN, Harry S. - Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, both volumes inscribed18 - TRUMAN, Harry S. - Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, both volumes inscribed
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Two volumes: Volume One – Year of Decisions; Volume Two – Years of Trial and Hope, 1946-1952. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, ...
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AMEDEO [of Savoy], Luigi (Duke of the Abruzzi) - On the ÒPolar StarÓ in the Arctic Sea19 - AMEDEO [of Savoy], Luigi (Duke of the Abruzzi) - On the ÒPolar StarÓ in the Arctic Sea
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With the Statements of Commander U. Cagni upon the Sledge Expedition to 86° 34’ North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli upon his return to the B...
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BYRD, Richard E. - Alone20 - BYRD, Richard E. - Alone
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G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (8 ¼ X 5 7/8 in., 207 X 147 mm). 296 pages. Dark blue cloth, spine and front board l...
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