Author: CLARKE, BASIL
Title: Polar Flight
Description: London: Ian Allan, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good pale blue cloth hardcover with a very good unclipped dust jacket, a trifle rubbed to extremites, tiny loss to top front. Signed by the author to the half title page. No other inscriptions. "This is a story of man's journey to reach the geographic poles by using a single mode of travel - flight. As the airship and aeroplane were emerging technologies at the time, they were heavily taken advantage of for polar exploration. The book illustrates how the achievements of polar exploration were made using aircraft as the primary form of travel. "; Black & white photograohs and maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 187 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
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Title: Polar Flight
Description: London: Ian Allan, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good pale blue cloth hardcover with a very good unclipped dust jacket, a trifle rubbed to extremites, tiny loss to top front. Signed by the author to the half title page. No other inscriptions. "This is a story of man's journey to reach the geographic poles by using a single mode of travel - flight. As the airship and aeroplane were emerging technologies at the time, they were heavily taken advantage of for polar exploration. The book illustrates how the achievements of polar exploration were made using aircraft as the primary form of travel. "; Black & white photograohs and maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 187 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
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Price: GBP 12.00 = appr. US$ 17.14 Seller: Horsham Rare Books
- Book number: 17872
- Book number: 17872
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