London: Putnam, 1960. Octavo, burgundy red cloth with gilt spine lettering, x, 256 pp., frontispiece, 16 double-sided plates. Mild foxing, otherwise a very good copy. An account of Grahame-White's company and how it organised Britian's first air mail; how it built and operated the world's first commercial air-liner; and how..... More
London: Putnam, 1960. Octavo, burgundy cloth, spine embossed with gilt lettering, x, 256 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with 16 double-sided black-and-white plates, three appendices included. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped, very light spotting on fore-edge of text block, dust-jacket a little worn and torn at top and tail edges without..... More
London: Putnam, 1955. Octavo, red hardcover with spine lettering, 312 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided plates. Mild spotting on endpapers and preliminary leaves, otherwise a good copy in dust jacket First edition. This is an account of the first transatlantic 'hop' performed by Alcock and Brown in 1919 making it one..... More
London: Putnam, 1958. Octavo, original blue cloth, 272 pp., plates. A very good copy. This book covers ballooning to pre WW1 heavier than air pioneers. Through the reminisces of Harry Harper the Daily Mail's first air correspondent Graham Wallace describes a critical era in the history of flight. He does..... More
London: Putnam, 1957. Octavo, blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 288 pp., frontispiece, seven double-sided plates. Cloth stained on spine, tape marks on inner boards, otherwise a very good copy. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) opened Biggin Hill airfield during the First World War. The station was in charge of..... More
