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FLYING TALES FROM 'BLACKWOOD.' [Flying Tales from Blackwood.]
Blackwood's Magazine. Dermot A. Boyle, 1904-1993 (Foreword). Alan Boyle; John Mackworth; C.S. Iron; M.O.W. Miller; Douglas Reekie; Victor MacClure; David Douglas-Hamilton; M.R. Maund; E.C. Palmer; Brian J. Haimes; et al (contributors).
Published by Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1957., 1957
- Softcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition thus (per matching dates upon title and copyright pages but reprinting stories first published in Blackwood's Magazine). [8], 268 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some soiling; spine panel toned with short tearing and chipping at head; spine heel nicks with flap fold ends worn; toning… to flaps. Blue boards; white discoloration to rear board; bumping to spine ends and board corners. Text block edges toned; light staining to fore-edge. Some toning/soiling to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a very good- dust jacket. With Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot A. Boyle and seventeen stories/essays: "Fledgelings: Early Flying Experiments and Experiences" by The Hon. Alan Boyle; "Early Days in the R.F.C." by John Mackworth; "The Last of the Zeppelins" by C.S. Iron; "Dawn Flight" by M.O.W. Miller; "Per Ardua Ad-Terram" by 'Cocles'; "Portrait of a Night Fighter" by Douglas Reekie; "Watery Return" by Victor MacClure; "With a Fighter Squadron in Malta" by Lord David Douglas-Hamilton; "Coned" by 'Nosmo'; "A Taranto Diary" by M.R. Maund; "Atlantic Ferry" by E.C. Palmer; "Operation 'Co-operation'" by 'Won-tolla'; "The Ways of a Walrus" by 'Griff'; "The Last Flight of Hastings TG.574" by 'Nosmo'; "Faster than Sound" by A.G.D.; "Playing with Time" by M.D.L. and A.G.D.; and "The Taxpayer's Money" by Brian J. Haimes. In 1967 Blackwood published a follow-up volume of other aviation stories selected from their monthly magazine.