Qantas Aeriana 1920 - 1954
Sutton Coldfield: Francis J. Field Ltd., 1955. Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, qantas logo embossed on front cover, [vi], 196 pp., frontispiece, profusely illustrated. Rear cloth flecked rubbed at spine ends, localised stains on spine, boards bumped, some preliminary foxing, otherwise a good copy. First edition with corrigenda. Foreword by the Honourable A. G. Townley, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation.
An account of Qantas history and commercial aviation from 1922 to 1954. This history is divided in thirteen chapters starting from the internal services to the Australia-England experimental services to the flying-boat service of 1938-39, Papua and New Guinea, to the trans-Pacific services. Item #3048
Price (AUD): $190.00