1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. With b&w photos & sketches; Clean & tight, just a little foxing closed edges, inscription-free, gilt spine-titles on vg sl edge-rubbed blue cloth, in vg dw - a good copy of the scarcer, collectible FIRST EDITION. The strange story of this obscure, neglected pioneer of aviation - a New Zealander claimed by some to have flown before the Wright brothers

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Bookseller: NZ Story (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 112-79
Title: The Riddle of Richard Pearse
Author: Gordon Ogilvie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0589007947
ISBN 13: 9780589007942
Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed
Place of Publication: Wellington
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: New Zealand; aviation
Bookseller catalogs: HIS004000; TRA002010;

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