Signed book: ‘WE.’ Special author's autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 941/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Hardcover with scarce glassine dust jacket, 6.75 x 10.25, 308 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, "Charles A. Lindbergh." The book includes its original publisher’s note, an original photo of Lindbergh in Paris, 8-page booklet, and half of its blue presentation box. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/G, with losses to the glassine jacket.
This beautiful book is accompanied by a ticket stub for Lindbergh’s famed reception in New York’s City Hall Plaza on June 13, 1927, (the same day he was honored with a ticker tape parade), a flown ‘WE’ commemorative cover from Peoria Post No. 2 American Legion, with two stamped horseshoe cachets reading “Lindbergh Again Flies the Airmail,” postmarked in Peoria, Illinois, on February 21, 1928. Lindbergh flew a series of special airmail flights over his old route on February 20 and February 21, 1928, to raise awareness of the airmail service. Each piece of mail they carried receiving this special 'horseshoe' stamp. The demand for these covers was so high that three planes were needed to carry it all, but the Post Office Department assured everyone that Lindbergh at least took each plane for a trip around the airfield, so each piece of mail got flown by him. Also included is a rare, original 6 1/2 x 9" Lindbergh photograph. Hundreds of thousands of Parisians lined the Champs Elysee on May 26th, 1927, as U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick, Pierre Godin Paris Municipal Council President and Paris Police Prefect Jean Chiappe join Charles Lindbergh in the limousine as they head to the famed Hotel de Ville for a reception. (The photo is in near fine condition with a small crease in the lower left corner and a few spots along with some writing in pencil on the back). Overall, a very desirable collection of Lindbergh memorabilia including a signed copy of 'WE'.
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