The Great Airship

Brereton, Captain

Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., London, 1920

About this Item

London: Blackie & Sons, no date (ca. 1918 ?). Presumed later, but early, printing of the 1914 first edition. Frontis & interior illustrations by C.M. Padday. 7.5" x 5.25", Illustrated jacket, blue cloth boards, 360 pp. Minor edge wear, corners touched; a better than VG volume overall. Jacket shows chips at top & bottom of spine, other edge wear, price-clipped; About Very Good jacket. Please see scans. Rollicking adventure yarn of tribulations experienced around the world in a dirigible by Lt. Col. ("Captain") F.S. Brereton, author of young adult adventure fiction in the early twentieth century. Nice mood-matching illustrations by C.M Padday, including the jacket scene, a provocative rendering of the huge dirigible drifting silently over a ship on what is probably the Suez (but may be the Nile) as locals look on in awe. One of those books which creates a feeling of wonder and the longing to go adventuring yourself. L38n. Seller Inventory # 000582

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Great Airship

Publisher: Blackie & Son Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1920

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Padday, C.M.

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good