Corrigan Douglas Wrong Way (4 results)
Published by Aero Publishers, Inc., Fallbrook, CA, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edge wear, bumping, rubbin…g and spots of discoloration There is an inch long, spot where the color has been removed from the front dust jacket when a price sticker was removed.
Published by Unknown, 1929
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Add to basketUnbound. Condition: Very Good. 5" x 8" sepia-toned photo, signed "Mr. Carey, Douglas Corrigan"no date on photo, c1rca 1929.Corrigan was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he flew from Floyd Bennett Fiel…d in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally Size: 5" x 8". Unknown Photographer (illustrator). Signed & Inscribed By Notable.
Published by Unknown, 1929
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketUnbound. Condition: Very Good. 5" x 8" sepia-toned photo, signed "Mr. Carey, Douglas Corrigan"no date on photo, c1rca 1929.Corrigan was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he flew from Floyd Bennett Fiel…d in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally Size: 5" x 8". Unknown Photographer (illustrator). Signed & Inscribed By Notable.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co: NY, 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerPhotos, 8.25 x 5.5", empossed pict cloth, 221pp, covers badly worn with some old white spotting and staining, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, pp loose and toned, frontis portrait of Corrigan half-way removed, in worn, darkened and badly chipped (at spine top) stained dustjacket. Twentieth printing but INSCRIBED "Ha…ppy Birthday to Donald Jolson, 3-10-39.Long Beach" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DOUGLAS CORRIGAN.
