signed Paperback
1928 · Paris
by Weiss, Pierre (Commandant)
Paris: Eugène Figuière, 1928. 24th edition. Paperback. fair. Octavo. 185, [3]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by the author to the American Ambassador in Paris. Double photographic frontispiece. Remarkable work on some epoch-making flights of the world's greatest airmen (Charles Lindberg, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Miss Elder, Costes, Le Brix, etc..) and the history of efforts to bridge the distance between the Old and New Worlds. Head and tail of spine chipped. Wrappers sunned and creased along spine. Front cover partly detached. Pages age-toned throughout. Text in French. Wrappers in overall poor to fair, interior in fair to good condition.
(Inventory #: 37860)