Solo; The Bert Hinkler Story
Brisbane; Melbourne; Sydney: Jacaranda Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] xiii [xvi] 144 : frontispiece : 25 photo illustrations (including fp) : inscribed by author : map endpapers : sea blue cloth boards with illustration of aeroplane to front : white lettering to spine : blue dust jacket with photo illustration of Hinkler : jacket not clipped.
Top edge foxed; all edges age toned; foxing to verso of jacket; offset toning to endpapers. Good / good. Item #2301
This biography gives a vivid and sympathetic account of how this Bundaburg man, with little education, battled from his early youth to realize his consuming ambition to become a flyer and to work with aircraft and airmen. (jacket sleeve) A lovely inscription from the author to friends on the half-title page.
Price: $120.00