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Lot 356

[NEWSPAPERS]. [EARLY AVIATION]. The Illustrated London News. April 13, 1907-October 24, 1925.

Estimate: $400 - $800
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$200

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[NEWSPAPERS]. [EARLY AVIATION]. The Illustrated London News. April 13, 1907-October 24, 1925. Folios. 10 issues, generally, 34pp. each. Original wrappers. 

Condition

Some chipping at spines, toning, some issues partially disbound, or with loose pages. Very good or better. 10 assorted issues of The Illustrated London News, each with illustrated articles on early aviation, including:"The Unluckiest, and the Most Lucky, Flying-Man: M. Louis Bleriot the First May to Fly Across the Channel"; "The Man Who Beat a Wilbur Wright Record After Only Thirty-Five Days Training: M. Roger Sommer..."; "Air Mail Delivery to Ships at Sea: a New Experiment"; "The World of Flight..."; "A Flying-Machine that 'Flaps Its Wings': the Ciera Auto-Giro, Which May Revolutionise Aviation"; "A Year of Great Flights: Long-Distance Records of 1913"; "Man's Rivalry of the Bird: Some Remarkable Flying-Machines"; "The First Man to Fly Non-Stop from New York to Paris and Cross the North Atlantic Alone - Captain Charles Lindbergh..."; "The Fatal Four-Minutes Flight: the Disaster to Orville Wright."

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