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SIMONDS, WILLIAM A. AND FRED L. BLACK - From the Ground Up

Title: From the Ground Up
Description: New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, 1930. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, spine joints, edges and corners have some light bumping, rubbing , small nicks and wear. The spine of the book has some darkening / toning . There are a couple of spots of discoloration to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by author Fred L. Black on the front endpaper. " Since my election to the presidency of the Early Birds in December, 1934, I have given a great deal of thought to the accomplishment of some worthwhile undertaking during my tenure of office. Upon various occasions it had come to my attention that our organization had long sought a suitable place to safely preserve for posterity the records, photographs, biographies, antiques and other matters of historical interest of the Early Birds. The first person of whom I thought in this regard was Mr. Edsel Ford, who at the time was attending the California-Pacific International Exposition at San Diego. Notwithstanding this I called Mr. Ford by long distance and outlined to him at length our desire. He expressed interest in our proposed undertaking and requested that I contact him upon his return to Detroit. This, of course, I did, and found him interested in the idea in connection with the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan." ; Signed by Author. Very Good .

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics William A. Simonds Fred L. Black Signed Early Aviation

Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36822

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