air commodore samson (2 Ergebnisse)

HardBack. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Mustard yellow dj with title and line drawing of map of Africa in black on front cover. Dust jacket has small bits (half cm) missing from head and tail of spine and corners, flap folds appear worn when held up to light. Frontispiece photo of Great Pyramid, 27 photos on plates, fold-out map at end. Pages unmarked and clean.

No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback First Edition This book chronicles a pioneering 12000 mile round trip journey across Africa Detailing the challenges mechanical failures and the varied terrain encountered by the Royal Air Force squadron led by Air Commodore Samson paving the way for future aerial routes Bound in the publishers original green cloth this copy is in good condition despite a little fading to the spine and edge bumping The pages within are lightly toned although clean small exlibris label to the front paste down pp x 196 Illustrated with several black and white photographic plates and a folding map to the rear A must for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.