Buy this book on-line Cobham, Sir Alan : Australia and Back(London, A. & C. Black, 1926, first edition)
8vo; original pictorial cloth; endpaper map; pp. (iv) + 124; monochrome photographic illustrations. Cloth rubbed and a little soiled; backstrip sunned and worn at head and tail; some wear to extremities; hinges starting; uniform browning throughout; endpapers somewhat foxed. Fair condition. Shortly after his historic trip, the details of which are related in "My Flight to the Cape & Back", the pioneer aviator Alan Cobham set off on a journey hardly less challenging. His flight from London to Melbourne in a De Havilland seaplane took him via several major European cities to Asia Minor, and on, to India, Burma, Siam, Indonesia and the Australian continent. The details of this adventure are recounted in this brisk and very readable travel classic. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cobham, Sir Alan : Australia and Back. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, out of print books, rare books, libri antichi and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |