1987, ISBN: 9780312930424

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Smithsonian Inst. Press , Washington D.C., 1990. 2nd US printing, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, VG/VG CONDITION ( slight scuff on several pages on right side & light we… Mehr…

Smithsonian Inst. Press , Washington D.C., 1990. 2nd US printing, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, VG/VG CONDITION ( slight scuff on several pages on right side & light wear to bottom dj eadge), 322 pages . illus., notes, bibliog., index. ------------------------------ She died mysteriously before she was 40. Yet in the last decade of her life, Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record: the first woman to fly the Atlantic (both with others and solo), the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to Oakland, and the first to make a nonstop, solo flight from Mexico City to Newark. But she couldn't earn a living as a pilot until she was thirty, when she agreed to risk her life on a flight promoted by a brash publicist, her husband-to-be George Palmer Putnam.Raised in Atchison, Kansas, in a world of inherited wealth and Victorian morality, she spent most of her teens in poverty as her charming, alcoholic father moved from one job to another. Taking flight lessons whenever she could scrape time and money together, Earhart was a three-time college dropout. She worked as a nurses' aide, file clerk, truck driver, photographer, teacher, and social worker before finally bursting onto the world scene with her historic Atlantic crossing in 1928.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------That flight launched Earhart on a dual career as a fighter for women's rights and a tireless crusader—perhaps the most effective activist of her time—for commercial air travel. An intensely private person, she conquered her deep aversion for publicity and crowds to become a gifted speaker and consummate fundraiser. Cofounder of one of the first commercial airlines, Boston and Maine Airways, she promoted it by personal appearances flight hostess and ticket seller. She designed the first lightweight air luggage and clothing so classic it is still fashionable today. A pacifist, Earhart advocated the military draft for women if there were to be a draft at all. Because Franklin D. Roosevelt effectively supported women's rights, she campaigned for him although she was a member of the opposition National Women's Party.------------------------------------------------------------------------Doris Rich's exhaustively researched biography downplays the sensational "What Happened to Amelia Earhart?" myth by disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was—a woman of three centuries, born in the 19th, pioneering in the 20th, and advocating ideals and dreams relevant to the 21st. Her last dream, a flight around the world, caused her death. But she died as she had lived, courageously and impetuously pursuing a dangerous goal with awesome intensity., 0, California: NASA Education and Public Outreach. Paperback. Good. Oblong quarto trade paperback in good condition. No copyright page, but appears to be from the early 2000's right before the initial 2004 launch. All wear is external with some bending to the corner tips and a bit of the cover laminate flaking at the edges. Interior is clean and extremely tight as if unopened. All model pieces are intact on their original pages. A cool activity kit for students to engage them in NASA's gamma ray project., NASA Education and Public Outreach, 2.5, US,12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.[By arrangement with original publisher Underwood/Miller [1983],this edn illustrated by Ned Dameron, colour pictorial dw/dj cover artwork by Carol Russo.] Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,fore-edges untrimmed; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright,clean,pale blue paper-covered bds (boards) with dark blue cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to same,and immaculate beige speckled eps (endpapers).UK,12mo HB+dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn thus,1-156pp [paginated] includes 63 part+full-page b/w line illus by Ned Dameron throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w line illustrated frntis. Before she could close the canopy behind her,the sky above her head erupted in a flight of rainbows,spinning rather than flying.Round rainbows that sang a liquid lovely welcome.The lady Caissa,heir of the Ambassador of the Federated Sentient Planets to the world of Demeathorn,had grown up knowing that she owed her sire obedience and unconditional loyalty.She expected to do her duty,even to the extent of entering into a marriage alliance she did not understand with a man she despised.Lady Caissa,beautiful,rich and well-educated,had never learned the great secret of Demeathorn,although she was about to be caught in its unraveling.In the aftermath of a disastrous negotiation she fled northward by airship toward intedicted territory; a distress signal from deep within the forbidden zone drew her to a rocky island off the coast.And there she encountered a man alone: intense, handsome,and severely injured in the crash of his antique flyer.She did not know it,but she had just set in motion events which would determine the fate of her father and her planet,and her own happiness for the rest of her life. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, USA,NY.TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES INC/TOR,1987., 5<

1987, ISBN: 9780312930424

US,12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.[By arrangement with original publisher Underwood/Miller [1983],this edn illustrated by Ned Dameron, colour pictorial dw/dj cover artwork by Caro… Mehr…

US,12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.[By arrangement with original publisher Underwood/Miller [1983],this edn illustrated by Ned Dameron, colour pictorial dw/dj cover artwork by Carol Russo.] Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,fore-edges untrimmed; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright,clean,pale blue paper-covered bds (boards) with dark blue cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to same,and immaculate beige speckled eps (endpapers).UK,12mo HB+dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn thus,1-156pp [paginated] includes 63 part+full-page b/w line illus by Ned Dameron throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w line illustrated frntis. Before she could close the canopy behind her,the sky above her head erupted in a flight of rainbows,spinning rather than flying.Round rainbows that sang a liquid lovely welcome.The lady Caissa,heir of the Ambassador of the Federated Sentient Planets to the world of Demeathorn,had grown up knowing that she owed her sire obedience and unconditional loyalty.She expected to do her duty,even to the extent of entering into a marriage alliance she did not understand with a man she despised.Lady Caissa,beautiful,rich and well-educated,had never learned the great secret of Demeathorn,although she was about to be caught in its unraveling.In the aftermath of a disastrous negotiation she fled northward by airship toward intedicted territory; a distress signal from deep within the forbidden zone drew her to a rocky island off the coast.And there she encountered a man alone: intense, handsome,and severely injured in the crash of his antique flyer.She did not know it,but she had just set in motion events which would determine the fate of her father and her planet,and her own happiness for the rest of her life. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, USA,NY.TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES INC/TOR,1987., 5<

1987, ISBN: 9780312930424

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Corgi Books. Fair; Fair to good with tanned text block edge, cocked, creased spine, and . rub to extremeties.. 1969. First in This paperback Edition. Paperback. 055208171X . Corgi Western… Mehr…

Corgi Books. Fair; Fair to good with tanned text block edge, cocked, creased spine, and . rub to extremeties.. 1969. First in This paperback Edition. Paperback. 055208171X . Corgi Western; 180x110mm; 159 pages ., Corgi Books, 1969, 2, New York: Tor Books, 1987. AE - A first Tor printing hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small tear on the back bottom left side, wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges and corners, a few scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some light discoloration and shelf wear. Heavily illustrated with b&w drawings by Ned Dameron. Revolt from an arranged marriage and its consequences. 7.5"x4.75", 156 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., Tor Books, 1987, 3<