
Price: £50.00
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Very Good
288pp, not illustrated. Brown cloth boards, slight twist to spine, contemporary signature to front endpaper, general light foxing, minor edge marks, overall a VG copy without dustwrapper. Autobiography of the pioneer aviator, for a while the husband of Amy Johnson, and the book includes a Victories and Defeats section, listing his successes (such as the February 1933 first flight England - South America and his defeats (such as the May 1931 Australia - England attempt, wrecking his aircraft when he hit a telegraph pole on take-off!). Second impression, September 1937, first edition the previous month.
Title: Playboy of the Air
Categories: Autobiographies, Biographies & Diaries, Aviation - Between the Wars, Aviation - Civil & Commercial,
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1937
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller ID: 030616
Keywords: Aviation Autobiography Pioneers Amy Johnson