MY FLIGHT TO THE CAPE AND BACK. With Forty-five Illustrations from Photographs.

COBHAM, ALAN J.

Verlag: A. and C. Black. Ltd. 4, 5, and 6, Soho Square, W.1., London, 1926

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. [iv] + 70 pp. In orange pictorial boards with black titles, in matching dust wrapper, which has edge wear and loss to head and tail of spine and some neat inside repairs. As with most copies of this title spine is worn, but still largely intact with some loss at top. Spotting of edges and scattered foxing inside, but otherwise an acceptable copy. Pictorial bookplate of D. G. Collyer, Kent aviation historian. Illustrated by sepia photographs, including whole page, and portrait frontispiece, and by map and diagram of D.H. 50. Account of the long distance flight from London to Capetown and back by the pioneer aviator, Sir Alan Cobham (1894-1973). As a De Havilland test pilot he flew in a D.H. 50 aircraft, with the original 230 H. P. Siddeley Puma engine replaced by the more powerful air-cooled 385 H.P. Siddeley Jaguar. TRANSPORT AVIATION TRANSPORT AFRICA 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED TRANSPORT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27848

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Titel: MY FLIGHT TO THE CAPE AND BACK. With ...

Verlag: A. and C. Black. Ltd. 4, 5, and 6, Soho Square, W.1., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1926