Call to the Winds
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1939. Octavo, green cloth, xii, 228 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with 20 black-and-white plates. Spine ends rubbed and bumped, edges of covers rubbed, corners rubbed and bumped, foxing on endpapers, light foxing throughout; otherwise a good copy. First edition. This is the story of the last trans-Tasman air-mail flight, from New Zealand to Australia, of the Southern Cross, prior to the establishment of a permanent service. Piloted by the author, Charles Kingsford-Smith and and John Stannage, the flight was taken in May of 1935 to coincide with and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V. Taylor also recounts his further adventures in flying, following that historic flight. Item #4473
Price (AUD): $125.00