The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
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The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909

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Provensen, Alice and Martin. THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT: ACROSS THE CHANNEL WITH LOUIS BLERIOT JULY 25, 1909. New York: The Viking Press, [1983], (1983). STATED FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to - 8-9/16" x 10-5/8". Pictorial paper covered boards with the front cover printed in sepia to mimic page one of The Daily Mail from 25 July, 1909 announcing Bleriot's flight across the English Channel; titles to spine in brown for what is a flawless, as new copy of the book. Publisher's original color pictorial priced ($13.95) DUST WRAPPER for what is a flawless, as new example of the dust wrapper. Plain blue endpapers. 39, [1] pp. A biography by the Provensens of Louis Bleriot, the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in 1909; illustrated by the Provensens with folk art style color drawings throughout. This title won the Caldecott Medal in 1984. The condition of both the book and the dust wrapper are FINE. # 000780