"The subject of aviation is as vast and fascinating as the ocean in which the planes live and move and have their being." --- Presentation copy to Gertrude Halley (1867-1939, Australian physician and feminist) "In recognition of the signficance to the English-speaking people of the flight of the Southern Cross" by Annie H. Henderson and Author. --- Poems on people, places and areas including * Air Mail Pilots and Service * The Flagship - the original machine in which Orville Wright made the first flight * Altitude Flying * Application of Radio * Charles Augustus Lindbergh * the Flight of the Southern Cross with her crew: Captains Kingsford-Smith and Ulm, Lieutenant Lyon, Warner * --- Original blue papered boards, lettered and decorated silver on top board and spine (20.8 cm height). Blue endpapers. Dedication inscription front free endpaper. Superficial marks to boards. Pp xxv (i bl) 97 (+ i, verso bl) including Dedication, Foreword, List of Illustrations (Frontispiece "The World A-Wing" + 8), Notes, Alphabetical List of Titles. Title Page Ornament Designed by May Warner, Seattle, Washington. Full page map of Coastwise Light System. Full page map of Airways in United States of America.

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Title: Vikings of the Stars
Publisher: Harold Vinal Ltd, New York
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: J. Augustus Knapp
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Weight: 250 grams
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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