SMITHY. The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith by MACKERSEY, Ian; - 1998

For seven years Smith was one of the most revered figures in Australia as his epic and dangerous journeys in fragile aeroplanes were followed on radios around the world. He piloted the first flights across the Pacific in both directions, traversed the Tasman Sea and made the first successful westbound crossing of the Atlantic. 416 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and endpaper map. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

UK: Warner books. Good. Paperback. 1998. 454 pages. .

London: Little, Brown and Company. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. xviii, 416 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Large octavo, hardcover, xvi, 416 pp., plates and maps on front endpaper and rear endpaper. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. For seven years this small man of craggy face, rapid wit, and broad grin was one of the most revered figures in Australia, his epic and dangerous journeys in fragile aeroplanes followed on radios around the world. Rising to international celebrity in the 1920s - when many of the world's oceanic routes were still unflown, when aircraft were primitive and accurate navigation systems did not exist - 'Smithy' piloted the first flights across the Pacific in both directions, traversed the Tasman Sea and made the first successful westbound crossing of the Atlantic.

London: Warner Books, 1999. Octavo, printed wrappers, (xxvi), 454 pp., eight double-sided plates. Heavy shelf wear and taped-marked on printed wrappers, foxing throughout, otherwise a good copy. Written with the co-operation of 'Smithy's' widow and family, this illuminating and authoritative biography looks beyond his flying exploits to reveal a complex, reckless character obsessed by fame and yet, paradoxically, one who suffered from a morbid fear of the sea.

London: Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Royal 8vo. pp.xvi + 416.index illustrations in black & white, map endpapers. Very Good hardcover in very good pictorial dust wrapper.