Pioneer Airwoman - the Story of Mrs Bonney by Terry Gwynn-Jones ISBN 13: 9780727011169

Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 180 pages. The story of Lores Bonney, the first woman to circumnavigate Australia, the first woman to fly from Australia to England, and the first person to fly from Australia to South Africa. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Rigby, Australia, 1979. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Pioneer Airwoman is the fascinating story of Mrs. Harry Bonney., the world famous aviatrix who was forgotten by the world for nearly 40 years...Yet between 1931 & 1938 she was the first woman to circumnavigate Australia by air, the first woman to fly from Australia to England, & the first person to fly from Australia to South Africa..." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Size: 150mm - 250mm. 180 pages. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned slightly. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Internal edges of rear of dust jacket has some dust marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Aviation. ISBN: 0727011162. ISBN/EAN: 9780727011169. Inventory No: 20070. . 9780727011169

Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1979. First edition. hardcover. Record-making Australian aviatrix of the 1930's, with photos. vg/vg/not price clipped. shelfwear to board edges, light foxing to endpaper maps, gift inscribed on half-title

Rigby , Adelaide, 1979. First Edition.8vo.pp.180.Index Illustrated. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. ISBN 0727011162 The first woman to circumnavigate Australia by air , a pioneering aviatrix and largely forgotten for forty years.

Very Good. <p>PIONEER AIRWOMAN is the fascinating story of Mrs Harry Bonney, the world famous Australian aviatrix who was for- gotten by the world for forty years. <p>Like many early women pilots, Mrs Bonney's achievements were eclipsed by those of Bert Hinkler, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Lindbergh and other dashing pioneer heroes of the air. Yet between 1931 and 1938 she was the first woman to circumnavigate Australia by air, the first woman to fly from Australia to England, and the first person to fly from Australia to South Africa. <p>In those days before international airlines, when lone fliers battled in the most hazardous conditions, Mrs Bonney was hailed as Australia's own Amy Johnson, and was given press coverage at every port of call. Yet shortly after the second World War put an end to her flying career she was completely forgotten. Now in her eighty-second year, she is only just beginning to receive the official recognition she so justly deserves.… Read More