THE FLYING CATHEDRAL: The story of Samuel Franklin Cody, Texan Cowboy, Bronco-Buster, Frontiersman, Circus Sharpshooter, Horse Track Racer, Showman, Barnstormer, Man-Carrying Kite Inventor and Pioneer
British Aviator. Pp. 272, frontispiece portrait, plus 14 plates, 2 text illustrations (one full page), appendices, index; demy 8vo; purple boards, spine lettered in light blue & black; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; occasional faint soiling; Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1965. First edition. *'Among all the pioneers of British aviation, the most remarkable was the flamboyant Texan, Samuel Franklin Cody, the first man to build and fly an aeroplane in Britain' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180903
Price: $45.00
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