Lot 464
Scott (Charles William Anderson) Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight, presentation inscription from the author, together with signed photograph of Scott loosely inserted, 1935.
Hammer Price: £150
Description
Scott (Charles William Anderson) Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight, presentation inscription from the author "With thanks for returning that which was lost & now found" to front free endpaper, signed photograph of Scott loosely inserted, inscription offset to half-title, frontispiece detached and frayed, folding map detached, occasional light foxing, original cloth, lightly stained and faded, 8vo, 1935.
⁂ Charles W. A. Scott was an aviation pioneer who, together with pilot Tom Campbell Black, won the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race or the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race in just 71 hours, winning £15,000 (about £750,000 today) and making him world-famous.
Description
Scott (Charles William Anderson) Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight, presentation inscription from the author "With thanks for returning that which was lost & now found" to front free endpaper, signed photograph of Scott loosely inserted, inscription offset to half-title, frontispiece detached and frayed, folding map detached, occasional light foxing, original cloth, lightly stained and faded, 8vo, 1935.
⁂ Charles W. A. Scott was an aviation pioneer who, together with pilot Tom Campbell Black, won the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race or the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race in just 71 hours, winning £15,000 (about £750,000 today) and making him world-famous.
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