The Black Swallow of Death by Carisella, P. J. and Ryan, James W - 1972

Very Good, Good++ Marlborough House 1972 8VO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with title on spine. Foxing to fore edges and endpapers. Text pages are clean. Color illustrated dust jacket shows some edge wear creasing/chipping and light soil. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Boston: Marlborough House, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. George Evans. Small 4to. Pp. xi, [3], 271. Foreword by Senator Edward Brooke. Illustrated with several black-and-white photo reproductions. Bibliography. Bound in blue cloth with red metallic lettering stamped on front board and spine. In the color-illustrated dust jacket that has two old tape reinforcements to verso of head and tail of spine; price of $6.95 intact on front flap. The Escradille Americaine, a World War I volunteer air squadron, began to fly for the French armed forces in April 1916. Its exploits soon captured the attention of many young Americans intrigued by nascent advances in aviation, and the exoticism of flying under the French tri-color.Eugene Bullard was among them, although his precarious route to the cockpit was fraught with barriers put to most African-Americans. All told, 200 Yank flyers served in the Escadrille Americaine/Lafayette Flying Corps.The flyers' respective… Read More

Marlborough House, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.