Elder Books and Collectables

Description

The Spirit of St. Louis

By Charles A. Lindbergh

Published by Charles Scribner's & Sons, New York.

First Edition, First Printing

Signed & Inscribed by Charles A. Lindbergh


Together With

B. F.'s Daughter

By John P. Marquand

Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston 1946.

First Edition, First Printing & Inscribed by the Author.

The Spirit of St. Louis Has a Pre-publication Inscription on Title Page by Charles Lindbergh to Adelaide Hooker Marquand [second Wife of the Author John P. Marquand & Descendant of Thomas Hooker] Included is B,f,'s Daughter by John Marquand & Inscribed by the Author to Front Endpaper With a Postcard From 1963 Addressed to Mrs J. P. Marquand & an Italian Type Written Letter Dated 1924 Signed by John Marquand.

Both Books Are Hardbacks With the Original Dust Jackets.

Each Book Measure Approx 9 X 6 Inches

The Lindbergh Has Some Minor Chipping & Creases to Edges of Jacket, Closed Tear to Rear of Jacket, Very Slight Fading to Cloth on Edges of Boards & Tips of Spine, Very Occasional Minor Mark to Pages, Overall a Very Good Copy & Mostly Clean Internally.

The B,F,'s Daughter Has Substantial Loss to Jacket With Several Small Holes & Tears, Endpapers & Page Margins Browned, Very Occasional Pencil Line to Margins, Child's Drawing to Rear Endpaper, Overall a Very Good Copy in a Fair-good Jacket

An Interesting Collection With Lindbergh & Marquand Having Ties to the American First Committee [pro German Movement in America During WW2]

The Spirit of St Louis Comes Direct From a Female Employee Who Worked for Adelaide Marquand During the Early 1960's & This Copy Has Never Been Offered for Sale.

During Her Time of Employment Adelaide Marquand Died. Shortly Afterwards the Employee Was Given Permission by the Family to Chose a Book as a Remembrance of Adelaide Marquand & the Lindbergh Was Chosen.

Jackets Do Have a Clear Removable Covering That Does Show Some Reflections in Images