Flying Aces 1935, Volume XIX Number 2 (January) to Volume XXII Number 1 (December)
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: Magazine Publishers Inc, 1935. Set of 12 quarto issues, illustrated printed wrappers. Ten issues at 80 pp. each, two at 96 pp., total of 992 pp. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, diagrams, illustrations, cartoons and advertising of the day. Each issue includes patterns for making aircraft models. Spines a little worn, January issue has a small tear at fore-edge in several leaves without loss of text, small tears in cover of July issue and spine ends of September issue have been mended with a light-coloured matte tape, cover coming away a little from December issue but still holding, browning on all leaves as common to publications of this period; overall a very good set that includes several near-fine issues. First edition.
Touted by the publishers as "Three Aviation Magazines in One!" with "Fiction, Fact, Model Building!", this comprehensive and entertaining set of issues includes thrilling fictional short stories, dramatic articles about key moments in aviation and aviation heroes, and a section for model makers with plans for model aircraft. With "Every Story Complete – No Serials!" the reader's imagination is fired and the flame fanned by the full-colour covers depicting beautifully rendered aircraft in action. Fiction stories across the issues include a number of "Phillip Strange", "Phineas", "Battling Grogan" and "Hell-Cat" tales, and dramatic articles on by journalists of the time Ogilvie, Whitehouse, Lewis, Moore, Hughes and others. Several articles cover World War One and the concerning 1935 activities of Hitler in Europe.
This complete set, a rare item in itself, is in remarkable condition given its age and would make an excellent addition to any aviation magazine or book collection. Item #4967
Price (AUD): $1,020.00