Shrewsbury: The Airlife Publishing Company, 1979. Octavo, hardcover, 190 pp., illustrated. A signed copy with inscription by the author. Top edge a little foxed, otherwise an attractive copy. 'Alone in the Sky' tells the story of Jean Batten's early life and of all her famous flights. The book is based..... More
Sydney: Jackson & O'Sullivan, 1934. Octavo, blue cloth, [x], 256 pp., illustrated, d/w incomplete. Boards rubbed at spine ends, some browning on the spine, flecking along the boards' edges, some spotting on preliminary pages, previous owner's stamps on both free-endpapers, dust jacket incomplete. Overall, a good copy. An account of..... More
Sydney: Jackson & O'Sullivan, 1934. Octavo, original blue cloth, [x], 256 pp., endpaper maps, photo plates and portrait, facsimile of the London to Sydney log book. A few external spots and a little foxing, overall a near-fine copy with a small cache of contemporary newspaper clippings loosely inserted. First Australian..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. Octavo, frontispiece, 304 pp., 15 photo plates. Gilt lettering intact, some browning and foxing to preliminary leaves and fore edge, but a very good copy in green cloth, with very good dust jacket (this chipped and clipped with some loss). More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. Octavo, frontispiece, 304 p.p., 15 photo plates; gilt lettering intact. some browning and foxing to preliminary leaves and fore edge, but a very good copy in green cloth, with very good dust jacket (this chipped and clipped with some loss). Jean Batten's..... More