Flying Daredevils of the Roaring Twenties
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1969. Quarto, blue hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, viii, 152 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white photographs and some reproductions of newspaper cuttings. Spine ends bumped and faded, edges of covers faded, foxing on first few and last few leaves, light foxing on leaves throughout, dust-jacket worn and torn at edges with a tape mark on lower back corner; otherwise a very good copy. First edition, part of the publisher's Adventures in Flight series.
With fabulous photographers depicting daring do, Don Dwiggins recounts the hair-raising antics of the daredevil pilots – male and female – of the early years of aviation who became known as "barnstormers". These pioneering aerial performers risked their lives looping, rolling and stunting their way across America in war-plus aeroplanes, amazing audiences everywhere. Many became heroes who inspired others to fly, including the author. Item #4766
Price (AUD): $70.00