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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561155727652 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR690 (83) |
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Description
FLYING WITNESS: Harry Harper and the Golden Age of Aviation
by Graham Wallace
DESCRIPTION
Format: A5 small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Putnam 1958, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145x220x25
Pages: 272
SKU: 2108/0365/K513
ABOUT
Covers ballooning to pre WW1 heavier than air pioneers based on the personal recollections of Harry Harper, the first aeronautical correspondent in the world, from 1906 to the outbreak of World War I. He covered the first aviation meeting in the world in Rheims, Britain's first aviation meetings at Blackpool and Doncaster in 1909, and the Round-Britain seaplane race for 10,000 pounds in 1913.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images, portrait on title page.
CONDITION
Immaculate original condition for age, light wear on dust jacket, binding tight, pages near new. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Increasingly scarce, especially in this condition.
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