Item #4516 Solo to Sydney With a foreword by Lady Chichester and an Introduction by The Baron von Zedlitz. Francis CHICHESTER.
Solo to Sydney With a foreword by Lady Chichester and an Introduction by The Baron von Zedlitz

Solo to Sydney With a foreword by Lady Chichester and an Introduction by The Baron von Zedlitz

Lane Cove, Australia: Doubleday, 1982. Octavo, blue hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, [xii], 208 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with nine black-and-white plates. Light foxing on inside of covers, dust-jacket faded and edges a little worn and torn, otherwise a very good copy. First Australian edition. Sir Francis Chichester, legendary navigator and yachtsman, first made history in 1929 when, after only five months of training, he flew solo from England to Australia in a de Havilland Gypsy Moth biplane. This is Sir Chichester's own account of that remarkable achievement. Item #4516

Price (AUD): $40.00

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