UP IN THE AIR
by EYLES, Geoffrey / D. L. Mays
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. colour illustrations. 4to. The stiff card covers show wear, especially at the edges. Corners are a bit turned. Inscribed in pencil on front cover. Covers partially detached. The eight full-colour illustrations depict 'Passengers going aboard an air line' (tri-motor plane); 'In time of war: a long-distance bomber and an observation balloon'; 'Flying over Everest - the highest mountain peak in the world' (two biplanes); 'A naval seaplane being launched into the air by means of a catapult'; 'Taking mail from a Post-Office air mail car to an air liner'; 'A glider - an aeroplane that has no engine'; 'At four hundred miles an hour - a racing seaplane'; 'Men of the Royal Air Force making practice parachute descents'. Coloured prints suitable for framing. Eight coloured plates (six by Eyles, two by Mays), two b&w images (inside covers - not identified), coloured outer covers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900044602
- Title
- UP IN THE AIR
- Author
- EYLES, Geoffrey / D. L. Mays
- Illustrator
- colour illustrations
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Aeroplanes;;;;;;;;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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