SIGNED BEFORE PUBLICATION DATE LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. Spirit of St. Louis. Signed and Inscribed, "To George T. Eggleston / With best wishes . . . / August, 1953 / Publication date is Sept. 14th," on title-page. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, some fading to spine; faint scattered foxing to preliminaries; dust jacket worn with chipping and short tears at all edges. first edition. New York, 1953; inscription: August 1953