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
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1987. Octavo, printed wrappers, 190 pp., six double-sided plates in black and white. Some foxing, otherwise a good copy. 'Alone in the Sky' tells the story of Jean Batten's early life and of all her famous flights. The book is based on her earlier work 'My Life'..... 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). Jean Batten's..... 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