first edition Hardcover
1930 · New York/London
by Murphy, Charles J.V.
New York/London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press. Very Good+. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good solid clean copy, light wear to extremities; gilt lettering strong on front cover, a little rubbed but still easily readable on spine; one-time owner's name at top of rear pastedown]. (B&W photographs) General history of parachuting, primarily focusing on developments during World War I and during the 1920s. . (Inventory #: 14178)