Charles A. Lindbergh

Signed limited Author’s Autograph Edition of Lindbergh’s first memoir, a stunning copy in the original glassine and publisher’s box.

• Charles A. Lindbergh (American).
• New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927.
• [2], 308 pages.
• Illustrated with full-page black-and-white plates, including two pages of facsimile manuscript.
• Signed by Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page.
• Publisher’s printed note about the production laid in.
• Bound in original half vellum, peach paper boards, stamped in gilt, with pictorial pastedowns, uncut edges, printed on Old Stratford Linen paper.
• Presented in original glassine and box with sticker labeled “268” (matching number on limitation page).

“WE” was published immediately to capture the moment of Lindbergh’s success the same year of completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. It describes Lindbergh’s early career and experiences as an aviator before the Paris flight, then provides a firsthand account of that experience. Rounding out the story is a contemporary account of Lindbergh’s reception in Paris, Brussels and London by Fitzhugh Green, along with beautifully printed illustrations. Printed on luscious handmade paper, this deluxe edition was meant for the collector’s market from its very conception, an acknowledgment of the historic nature of Lindbergh’s achievement.