Search Results: flight of fancy by riddell james

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1951. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. 256pp. 1951. First U.S. editon. 8vo. sized. A very good, clean, tight copy. Original publisher's burgundy cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptioins. No dust jacket. Upper edge dyed pink/red as called for. A number of lovely photographic reproductions of life and landscape of Bali amongst other places. A light stain with tide-mark about 5cm x 2.5cm to the upper fore-edge in no way affecting the margins of the pages themselves. The lower two board corners bumped. Some oxidising/toning to the word 'flight' to the spine. Slight marking to the rear board. A very good copy.

good. . 1950, In September, 1948, James Riddell and Nevil Shute set out in a Proctor V aeroplane to make a return trip to Australia by easy stages via India, Burma, Siam, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, 1950 1st ed, no dustjacket, fading & mottling to spine, binding tight, no dustjacket, inscription on endpaper, feint toning to prelims & edges, with plates, hinge slightly exposed is 1 place, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1950. Hardcover.