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London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. 242pp., unpaginated, candid and archival, b/w halftone plates, and caricature sketch plate, throughout. Book clean, slightly cocked. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Bumped on foredge corners [lower worse]. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn with short closed tears, bumped as boards, and production ink-scuff on spine. The story of Sefton Brancker, whose initiative and input was integral to the birth and rise of British Aviation from 1910.Born on 22 March, 1877, he died at Beauvais on 5 October, 1930, in the R.101 disaster. Contents include: 28 chapters, Sources, Acks., Index. Book weight approx. 460g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Heavenly Adventurer: Sefton Brancker and the Dawn of British Aviation by Collier, Basil - 1959
by Collier, Basil
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Heavenly Adventurer: Sefton Brancker and the Dawn of British Aviation
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UK : Secker & Warburg, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 242 pages good condition hardcover/dustwrapper b/w photos,
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- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾\" tall
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HEAVENLY ADVENTURER: Sefton Brancker and the Dawn of British Aviation
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket 242pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, Very good copy in a rather chipped dust jacket
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