Lindburgh Charles (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Wear to cover. Pages tanning but unmarked. Small stain to edge of back cover. In remarkable shape for nearly 100 years old. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Decorative blue cloth boards, 12.00 x 9.50 inches approx. , no dust jacket, gitl lettering and small plane to front board plus a gilt insignia 'Norfolk House, ' some of the gilt is faded but the decoration is recognisable, minor background soiling from age and use, corners bumped, generally clean and tight, front endpaper has a written dedication dated 1938 it is for ' Norfolk House School, J M Whitehead Junior School Xmas 1938 with a signature below, ' contents clean without inscriptions or marks, coloured frontispiece, full lists of articles, constributors and illustrations, frontispiece in colour 'Flying at 407 m. P. H. ' not paginated, opens with The Wonder of Flight by C Grahame White, followed by The Story sf the Schneider Trophy Race by R S Lyons, Contains 7 full colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations and wood cuts. A compilation of fictional stories with educational information all involved with the world of aviation. Examples include The Schneider Trophy Race by R S Lyons; Croydon, Airport of London by R T Norton. ; The Rocket Aeroplane by Stanley Freeman; When Aeroplanes are as Common as Cars by Sir Alan Cobbam. Etc. A superb book for aviation enthusiasts of all ages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. His own account of the preparations and completion of the first solo flight across the Atlantic. Includes 29*b/w photographs. 235pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Light shelf-wear to extremities. Spine cloth faded. Upper board is bowed toward the upper corner. Lower board lightly bowed. Two previous owner names on front end papers along with a small reference printed stamp. Free end paper heavily foxed. Foxing to outer edges of various pages. Name written on rear fixed end paper. Some dust spotting to page edges.