Missing by Talbot Baines Bruce (2 results)

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 246pp, VG (light rubbing to spine, light tanning to page edges, light rubbing to boards, previous owner's name in ink to fep).

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Missing tells the true story of Australian pilot Talbot Baines Bruce serving with the United Kingdom during the First World War After the engine of his Sopwith Camel failed Bruce crashlanded in Germanoccupied Belgium in 1917 destroyed his aircraft to prevent its capture and began an extraordinary 13week journey on foot through hostile territory Supported by brave Belgian civilians who hid sheltered and guided him from one safe house to another Bruce narrowly evaded German patrols until he was finally able to escape This hardback book is bound in black cloth with white ink lettering and is housed inside its original rustcoloured dustjacket This 246page book and its dustjacket have been remarkably well preserved with few notable blemishes or imperfections Missing is looking for a new home and forms a small part of the large aviation collection at St Marys Books. book.