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Collector's Edition: Pp: xvi + 366. Gilt titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos, portraits, facsimile docs, maps & drawings (listed). Blue cloth bds. w/ gilt design. Decorative endpapers. Minor foxing to the eps. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Signed by the author and numbered A78. Forward by Eddie Rickenbacker. Nicely illustrated aviation history. Includes index.

Hardcover in blue boards with bright gilt title on front. No dust jacket. 4to. SIGNED by author. One of a Collector's numbered limited edition, this copy #A360, inscribed on limitation page to Mr. H. E. Linden. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. John P. V. Heinmuller (1892-1960) , the Swiss president of Longines-Wittenauer Watch Company, was an aero-philatelist and historian of manned flight, a friend to zeppelin designers and captains and to Charles Lindbergh. "Man's Fight to Fly" was called "the foremost handbook of aviation records and aero-philatelic information. " Very slight softening to top of spine, else crisp and clean and fresh. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. 366 pp. Including index. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail.

Limited edition #65 C Previous owners name is written inside on back of front board.

Illustr, 10.5 x 8.5., blue cloth w/ gilt lettering, 366 pp. Light wear and soiling to covers, corners and spine tips bumped, spine slightly cocked, light creasing to contents else good to very good. Chapters on Sikorsky, Lindbergh, Byrd, Hughes, Post, Earhart. There is a section at the back "Chronology of Aviation, 1483-1939" which includes information on dirigibles. FIRST ED, COLLECTOR'S ED, LIMITED, NUMBERED (THIS B30) AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ISSUED TO MR. EDSEL FORD JR.