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Scarce copy of ''20 Hrs. 40 Mins.'', one of only 150 signed by Amelia Earhart in the limited edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Signed by Earthart on the limitation page, ''Amelia M. Earhart'', where the copy is designated as #67 in the limited edition of 150. Volume is full of photographs documenting Earhart's groundbreaking transatlantic flight in 1928, and contains one of the U.S. flags carried aboard her aircraft ''Friendship'', affixed to the front pastedown. Flag is described on the limitation page as ''one of the small silk flags which Miss Earhart carried in the 'Friendship' from Boston to Wales''. Copy also has excellent association, previously belonging to the pilot Janet Dietrich (with two of her business cards included), one of the women of Mercury 13, a privately funded program that trained 13 women according to the same physiological screening standards as the Mercury 7 astronauts. Book is bound in publishers maroon and gilt boards, with deckled edges. Runs 374pp. and measures 6.5'' x 10''; flag measures 3'' x 2.25''. Light shelf wear, otherwise an exceptional near fine copy.
Amelia Earhart Signed Limited Edition of ''20 Hrs. 40 Mins.'' -- One of Only 150 Limited Edition Copies Signed by Earhart, With a U.S. Flag Carried Aboard Her 1928 Transatlantic Flight
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