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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. Bound in off-white cloth with line illustration on upper board in black and lettering in black on spine. Curiously, four small black marker pen dots on bottom of text block (perhaps inadvertant, perhaps deliberate), otherwise book is clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket, which has wrap-around illustration) is tanned on front panel, more so on the spine panel, and has 3/4" tear bottom of rear spine panel and associated creases. Story of pioneer bush pilot Wilfred "Wop" May who flew in Canada's uncharted North.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by William Wheeler.
Wop May: Bush Pilot by Allan, Iris - 1966
by Allan, Iris
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Wop May: Bush Pilot
by Allan, Iris
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated white cloth with b/w sketch on bottom cover, 170pp. In the 1920s, Wilfred Wop' May pioneered the first Canadian flight routes in the uncharted North. This is his story.
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- Edition 1st Edition
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- Publisher Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1966
- Keywords Flight, Aviation, Wilfred May, Canadian Biography, Biography
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Wop May: Bush Pilot (First Edition)
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Wop May
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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition copy of Allan's biography, written for young readers, of the Canadian aviator Wilfred "Wop" May. A Fine copy in equally Fine dust jacket with very minor wear to the spine ends. May was a legendary figure in early Canadian aviation whose exploits included service with the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, aiding in the search for Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River, and flying through a blizzard to deliver diphtheria medicine to a remote northern community. An entertaining look at a larger-than-life Canadian folk hero.
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