Smithy: The Kingsford-Smith Story
London: Robert Hale, 1966. Octavo, blue cloth, original dust jacket, 190 pp., 14 black-and-white plates. Dust jacket covered in archival grade clear mylar cover, small giffonage over one paragraph in the blurb, minor rubbing on extremities of dust jacket, minor foxing on end papers. Otherwise a near fine copy First Edition. A biography of one of the worlds greatest pioneer aviators, Charles Kingsford-Smith, famed for piloting the first trans-pacific flight to Australia from mainland United States in 1928. Includes two loose colour photographs of the Southern Cross (unassociated with the publication). Item #3393
Price (AUD): $45.00
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