Early Birds
Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1968. Octavo, red cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, x, 166 p., 11 double-sided black-and-white illustrated plates. A very fine copy. First edition. The autobiography of one of Australia's pioneer aviators, Horation Clive (Horrie) Miller. Miller, who was born in Crewsick, Victoria in 1893, flew for the Australian Flying Corps and saw service in France, later serving as test pilot at Point Cook. He later established MacRobertson Miller Aviation Company, a firm that was linked to Ansett-ANA and which supported the Flying Doctors and Royal Beef Scheme. This book tells the stories and adventures of Miller in candid and vivid detail, and is an essential piece in the history of early aviation in Australia. Item #3583
Price (AUD): $100.00