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ANNE MOROW LINDBERGH - The Steep Ascent

NY, Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1944, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1st ed. Signed, half title page. ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH dated her inscription on March 17th,1944 - the very date of original publication. Additionally, there is a mailing envelope - written in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's hand - postmarked from her home in Michigan to Mr. Conger Goodyear, a philanthropist & industrialist best known as a founding member of the New York Museum of Modern Art. industrialist "The Steep Ascent" is a fictionalized account of an actual flight event which occurred over the Alps - Anne Morrow Lindbergh's husband, famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, was flying the plane of that event. Mrs. Lindbergh herself was a noted aviator -- she first flew solo in 1929, became the first American woman to earn a 1st-class glider pilot's license in 1930, and made many exploratory flights with her husband. "This is an explorer's book.. about a woman's reaction to the power and beauty of flight" -- Atlantic Monthly In fine condition. Dust-jacket in excellent shape. Slip-case shows some scuff marks. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
USD 700.00 [Appr.: EURO 607.5 | £UK 520.25 | JP¥ 102131] Book number dz240

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