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Signed book: The First World Flight. Limited signed edition of 575 copies (this being no. 362). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.75, 328 pages. Signed on the limitations page by all six Army lieutenants who made the historic flight that is the subject of the book: Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, and John Harding. Also signed by the author, Lowell Thomas. In fine condition, with some light wear and soiling to the book, some light creasing to the spine, and mild chipping to the slipcase.
On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers and eight crewmen set out from Seattle, Washington, to attempt the first around-the-world airplane flight. On September 28, six of the men successfully became the first to circumnavigate the earth by air. Named after four major American cities—Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans—the airplanes were capable of operating from both land and water and were equipped with the latest navigational aids. RRAuction COA.
