Aviation

Earhart signs a copy of her ‘Only Baggage’ poem

353. Amelia Earhart Signature. Vintage fountain pen

signature, “It is an accomplishment to make ‘baggage’ poetic, Amelia Earhart, Jan. 5, 1933,” penned at the bottom of a 4.25 x 6.5 book page bearing a poem entitled ‘Only Baggage,’ written on June 20, 1928, which cleverly describes her participation in the flight. Matted and framed with a photo and FDC to an overall size of 16.5 x 18.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

354. Charles Lindbergh Signed Book. Signed book:

The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 531. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Hardcover with acetate jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition VG/VG, with a bump to the top edge of the rear board and some cracks to the acetate jacket. A sought-after example of this high point of aviation literature. Starting Bid $200 355. Orville Wright Signed FDC. Very appealing FDC

with a cachet honoring the Wright Brothers’ first successful air plane flying at Kitty Hawk, postmarked on June 19, 1941, bearing an affixed “Air Mail” label and stamp, signed vertically in fountain pen along the left side by Orville Wright. In fine condition, with a touch of light soiling and creasing. Starting Bid $200

From fiction to fact— the Jules Verne classic signed by eight Apollo astronauts

360. Apollo Astronauts (8) Signed ‘From the Earth

to the Moon’ Book. Signed book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 323 pages. Signed on professionally tipped-in adjacent opening pages in bold black ink by eight Apollo astronauts: “Tom Stafford, Apollo X, Cdr.,” “Alan Bean, Apollo 12 LMP,” “Frank Borman, Apollo 8 CDR,” “James Lovell, Apollo 8, 13 CDR,” “Michael Collins, Apollo XI CMP,” “Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP,” “Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 LMP,” and “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG. Starting Bid $200