Stanley Orton Bradshaw — Flying Memories

London, John Hamilton, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating aviation series of illustrations, with explanations of their contexts to each. First edition. With the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper. Undated, dated from copies held institutionally. This book contains forty-eight pictures of incidents and phases of aviation, both in war and peace. From Stanley Orton Bradshaw, an established pilot and a noted aviation writer and painter of flying scenes. Bradshaw's death was recorded as a result of an air accident in 1950. With three leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A couple small marks to the boards. Dust wrapper has a large closed tear to the rear hinge. With edgewear and handling marks to the rear. Sunning to the spine and scattered spotting to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. A few scattered spots to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Stanley Orton Bradshaw. Very Good/Good.