Robert McBride & Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Type: Book 295 pp., sky blue cloth bdg. with bordeaux-stamped titling on front board & spine, illustrated decorative end papers. Story of 'Southern Cross' trans-Pacific flight, 1928 by C.E. Kingsford-Smith and C.T.P. Ulm; illustrated with 25 b/w phototypes on semi-gloss paper plates including frontispice. VG++(light shelf wear, spine slightly yellowed, paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise tight pristine book) In a custom-made high gauge mylar DJ.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

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Bookseller: Odyssey Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1136H
Title: THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Author: KINGFORD-SMITH, C. E. - ULM, C. T. P
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Robert McBride & Company
Date Published: 1929
Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾"
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: AVIATION. HISTORY
Bookseller catalogs: HISTORY;

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