The Great Atlantic Air Race
by Rowe, Percy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771077394
- ISBN 13
- 9780771077395
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Return to the giddy and glamorous days of Post-WWI , when all you had to do to win 10,000 pounds from British newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe ("the Napoleon of Fleet Street") was to fly the Atlantic for the first time. The point of departure was Newfoundland, the destination Ireland. The action, excitement, thrills and adventure are captured in this fascinating book. Illustrated with over 40 b/w photos of such people as Orville and Wilbur Wright. T.O.M. Sopwith, Harry Hawker, Jack Alcock, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joey Smallwood to name a few. Orange-brown tweed boards with gilt print to spine. No ownership markings. Price-intact photographic dust jacket. Jacket photo : W. Polland at Mudros, 1916. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A1908
- Title
- The Great Atlantic Air Race
- Author
- Rowe, Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771077394
- ISBN 13
- 9780771077395
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Aviation Aircraft Canadiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime Provinces;
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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