instone alfred (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine, and a couple decorative gold bands. Corners mildly bumped. Binding good and clean and tight. Title page dated 1938. 196 pages. Clean throughout. This copy with inscription on half title page, 'A Whitten Brown to [name indistinct; something like Dennis James]'. Arthur Whittier Brown was the co-pilot on the first transatlantic flight in June 1919. Brown and John Alcock flew a modified Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland to claim the Daily Mail prize for first nonstop transatlantic flight. Brown is mentioned on page 15 of this early flight memoir. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right). This volume is part of a 1,000 volume Aviation Collection, which you can find listed here on our ABE page, and in a catalogue on our ABE homepage. Signed by Author(s).