Born to Fly
Bird, Nancy
Published by Angus & Robertson, 1961,, 1961
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Hardcover
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1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 190pp, illustrated, slight browning, text otherwise clean and sound, signed by the author on title page, inscribed to Mrs. Healey, Very Good condition in slightly frayed dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 471594
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Title: Born to Fly
Publisher: Angus & Robertson, 1961,
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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Born to fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson, 1962
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver-gilt titles. x + 190 pages, photos on plates. Seller Inventory # 62142
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Born to Fly
Published by
Angus and Robertson (1961), Sydney, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ex-library. Some library stamps, labels and markings. A large 200mm tear across spine and rear panel of dust-jacket, with adhesive tape repairs. A couple of 40mm chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; x, 190 pages + frontispiece + plates. Blue boards with metallic red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. "Two years after an unforgettable first lesson at Mascot with Charles Kingsford Smith, Nancy Bird received her commercial pilot's licence, making her the youngest woman in the then British Empire to hold a licence." - from dust-jacket blurb. Seller Inventory # 26551
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Born To Fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson LTD, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: John Hopkinson - Bookseller, Cremona, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Private library liquidation, Ex-library. Seller Inventory # 8539W
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Born to Fly.
Published by
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x, 190pp, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small bookseller label on front pastedown. Slight edge wear to jacket with small scuff at bottom right front corner, small hole at front next to spine. NOT price-clipped. Biography of early Australian aviatrix Nancy Bird. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 036231
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Born to fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1961
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Pulp Fiction Murwillumbah, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. This copy is in fair condition for it's age. It's been previously covered which is chipping in places. The pages are darkened with age, and a little dampstaining, to the endpapers. A small inscription from previous owner is present. 452. Seller Inventory # AUSHIS007
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Born to Fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson Sydney 1961, 1961
Used
First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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1st edition dust jacket Very Good 8vo. 190pp., frontis., b/w pls., Autobiography of the famous Australian aviatrix. Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w a very good copy. Seller Inventory # 80621
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Born to Fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Signed & inscribed by the author Nancy Bird, on the title page, this copy is tight and square with a clean unmarked text and many black and white photos .the dust cover has much wear and chunks missing fron the edges only, top and bottom. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 0038388
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Born to Fly
Published by
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Rare Aviation Books, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Octavo, blue hardcover, spine embossed with bright pink lettering, x, 190 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with eight double-sided black-and-white plates of photographs. Spine ends bumped and a little rubbed, tail edge of back cover a little rubbed, some fading on spine ends and top edges of covers, foxing on front endpapers, small white "The Cornstalk Bookshop" sticker on tail-edge of inside front cover, slight browning on leaves throughout, dust-jacket a little worn at edges; otherwise a very good copy. First edition, signed by the author. Few who recognise Nancy Bird's fame as a flyer really know what her achievements were. In this volume, she tells her amazing story in detail and in her own words. At 13, Nancy already knew that she wanted to fly. A few years later, she took lessons from Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (she was his first student) and, at the age of 19, became the youngest woman in the then British Empire to receive a commercial pilot's licence. Further successes, along with some challenges, saw Nancy become a professional pilot and found the Australian Women Pilots' Association. She was a truly remarkable person and a trailblazer for women in aviation. The front endpaper of this inspiring volume is inscribed and signed by Nancy Bird as follows: "With best wishes, Nancy Bird". Loosely inserted in the front of this work are six clippings of articles about Nancy from various Sydney newspapers, dated between 1990 and 2002. Seller Inventory # 4983
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[AUSTRALIA INTEREST] Born to Fly
Published by
Angus & Robertson, Sydney & London, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 190 + b/w frontis and plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in pink gilt. Bands of fading to edges, pushing to heel of spine. Inscribed by Bird in blue biro to title page: "To Mrs. Healey, a camilla [?] fan, from a Camilla fan & remembering a warm cloudless day in Canberra. Affectionately, Nancy Bird.", gently toned, else, clean and tight. In the slightly surreal monochrome illustrated dust jacket, featuring a montage of Russell Roberts' portrait of Bird (c.1930) over a cloud-laden sky: edgewear, chipped at head of spine and top edge, a few short closed tears, amateur taping on reverse. Very good/ good+ A pleasing inscribed copy of the pioneering Australian aviator's memoir in the striking original dust jacket; known as "The Angel of the Outback," for her aerial ambulance work in New South Wales, Bird had received her commercial licence at 19, becoming "the youngest woman to hold such a license in the British Empire". In 1950, eleven years before Born to Fly was published, Nancy Bird Walton (19152009) founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA). Seller Inventory # 3027
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