(12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall; smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon. With more than 35 years experience in the rare book trade, Peter L. Stern and Co., Inc. has established itself as a highly regarded firm of antiquarian booksellers. Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book’s title page. There is no commercial audiobook version, however the Canadian National Institute for the Blind produced a version in the 1980s narrated by Gordon Gould,[7] and the American National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped produced a version narrated by Bruce Huntey. Work began in 1938, 11 years after the last event described in the book, so Lindbergh needed to rely on memory for his early drafts; few detailed records were available to him. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. While this makes it impossible to read all of the pages, it also indicates a probability that the text block has not been altered since leaving the printer. This amount includes seller specified domestic shipping charges as well as applicable international shipping, handling, and other fees. I have worked with more or less regularity for fourteen years on this present manuscript—quite intensively this winter. For some items, we can also email digital photographs. [2], The Spirit of St. Louis was an overwhelming bestseller and generated near universal praise and favorable reviews. Who will never realize how much of this book she has written". Get the item you ordered or get your money back. Book composed of sheets that are folded once and printed on both sides, making two leaves and four pages. 3–178), Lindbergh describes the latter days of his career as an airmail pilot and presents his account of conceiving, planning, and executing the building of the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft. There are 1 items available. Privacy Details. Illustrations. Publishers first edition dust jacket, price clipped, tear along front flap, chipping to top edge of spine, colors bright. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. A group of books issued by the publisher as a discrete unit. It is not ex-library. Take a stab at guessing and be entered to win a $50 Biblio gift certificate! Lindbergh, Charles (narrated by Bruce Huntey). Blue cloth, silver title on spine, illustration of plane on cover. The Spirit of St. Louis. Read the rules here. Something went wrong. The latest hardcover and paperback editions are published by Scribner, the modern counterpart of the original, Charles Scribner's Sons. Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography, this is Lindbergh's riveting account of the first nonstop flight between the United States and Europe he undertook in 1927.