Beyond The Blue Horizon: On The Track of Imperial Airways
by Frater, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0684188376
- ISBN 13
- 9780684188379
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Alexander Frater follows the original Imperial eastbound route all the way from Heathrow to Brisbane's Eagle Farm Airport using local air services fifty years after the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service first operated (in the 1930's). An absorbing record of Frater's progress through twenty nations with twenty-two airlines, this amusing, engrossing and beautifully observed book will be relished by all readers fascinated by air travel. Two-page map spread of the Imperial Airways Route and Alexander Frater's Route. The contents provide prologue, six very interesting chapters and epilogue. The chapters cover travel From London to Athens, From Athens to Muscat, From Muscat to Dhaka, From Dhaka to Singapore, From Singapore to Darwin, and from Darwin to Brisbane. A bright, square book in a pictorial, price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-684-18837-6. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ait Travel History + Aeronautics Commercial + Passenger Traffic History + Imperial Airways History + London + Athens + Muscat + Dhaka + Singapore + Darwin + Brisbane + Biplanes + Civil Aviation 1930s. Catalogs: Travel.
Reviews
On Mar 27 2021, a reader said:
An excellent pen-picture of life in the early days of long distance air travel, full of fascinating anecdotes and facts, a wonderful memory of a bygone era. You don't have to be an anorak to enjoy this, just an adventurous soul.
Phil Conaty
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1628
- Title
- Beyond The Blue Horizon: On The Track of Imperial Airways
- Author
- Frater, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684188376
- ISBN 13
- 9780684188379
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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