The flight of the small world
1959, Book Club Edition. London : The Quality Book Club by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat foxed and edge-nicked dust-wrapper, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Not price clipped. Edges and prelims somewhat foxed. Remains a well-preserved copy overall, with particularly sharp corners. Item #461157
Physical description; 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Notes; With a foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara. Account of the first transatlantic crossing by balloon, undertaken by Arnold Eiloart and his son Tim in 1958. Subjects; Eiloart, Arnold (b. 1907). Elstob, Peter (b. 1915). Small World (Balloon). Balloon ascensions History 20th century. Transatlantic flights History 20th century. Balloonists Great Britain Biography. Aeronautics Records.
Price: €18.95