orient flight 127 graf zeppelin von blau fred cyril deighton (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue paper boards. 135 pp. B&W photos and illustrations in text. Light bruising to top and tail edges of rear board, else fine.

[German Postage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.135, illustrated. Publisher's blue leather-effect boards with gilt titles to the spine and upper. A fine copy. One of only 1000 copies published. An unusual diversion from the master thriller writer; a collaboration between Deighton (writing under the pseudonym Cyril) and Fred F. Blau. The orient flight of the Graf Zeppelin airship marked the reintroduction of the airborne post office in 1929. Milward-Oliver: Annotated Bibliography, p.59.

First edition, first printing. Only 1000 copies published. Inscribed by Fred F. Blau on the front free endpaper, "To Larry Lawless, with best wishes, Fred F. Blau." A collaboration between Len Deighton (writing under the pseudonym Cyril) and Blau. The orient flight of the Graf zeppelin marked the reintroduction of the air-borne post office. Milward-Oliver p219 & 324. Octavo. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout. Original blue textured boards, titles gilt to spine and front cover. Head and tail of boards slightly rubbed. An excellent copy.