Dolly Shepherd Peter Hearn (6 results)
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Seller: Muswell Hill Books, London, United KingdomMuswell Hill Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine condition. Inscribed to 'Jill. Molly Sedgwick 9th December 1996.' Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Boards show some bumps. Please see photos. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by SKYLINE PUB., ENGLAND, 1996
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. REVISED EDITION. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY MOLLY SEDGWICK (DOLLY SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER): "TO CHRISTIE, WITH ALL GOOD WISHES, APRIL 1997.".
Published by London, Hale, 1984., 1984
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Add to basket8vo. 184pp. Original boards in dustwrapper.Black and white illustrations; a near fine copy. . First edition. Scarce.
Published by Skyline, Amberly, Stroud, England, 1996
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 183, [1] pages. Drawings and Photographs. Index. DJ front flap has two small creases. DJ has slight wear. Inscribed on the fep by Molly Sedgwick and card for a reception laid in (perhaps for a signing event). Elizabeth "Dolly" Shepherd (1886-1983), born as Elizab…eth Shepherd, was a parachutist and fairground entertainer in the Edwardian era. In 1905 she ascended on a trapeze slung below a hot-air balloon to a height of two to four-thousand feet before descending on a parachute. On one occasion both the balloon and the parachute malfunctioned, and she found herself rising to 15,000 feet. At this height, both the cold and lack of oxygen were threatening to make her lose her grip and fall to her death. Fortunately, the balloon returned to earth before it was too late. According to BBC History magazine she liked to "go high because I had it in my head that if I had to be killed, I'd like to be killed completely: good and proper!" She recalled that on one occasion she almost landed on a steam train "That driver, he had some forethought: he blew the steam and just blew me off into a canal at Grantham." Despite a number of close calls, she not only survived an eight year career as Britain's "Queen of the Air", but a few years before her death in 1983, (at age 96), she flew with the Red Devils, whose modern parachuting techniques she greatly admired. She was a WAAC Driver-mechanic during WWI on the Western Front and was a Fire Service Volunteer and a Shelter Staff Officer during WWII. Shepherd later married, (married name Elizabeth Sedgwick) and her daughter Molly helped write her memoir. In 1904 Dolly Shepherd was one of the most popular of the exclusive, daredevil back of parachutists who thrilled crowds at London's Alexandra Palace and throughout Britain, at a time when no aeroplane had yet flown in Europe. For eight years Dolly toured the country, hooked on the excitement of sailing through the air, the adulation of the crowds, and the VIP treatment afforded to such a remarkable young woman. Here courage and daring were unbounded and her indomitable high spirit were often displayed. She participated in the first ever mid-air rescue attempt. Her memoir includes discussion of other engaging characters, such as Samuel Franklin Cody and Auguste Gaudron, the team that led the group of parachutists to which se belonged. Revised Edition, presumed first printing.
Published by Published by Robert Hale Ltd., 18 Bedford Square, London First Edition . 1984., 1984
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Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 6''. Contains 171 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in…archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709015518 ZEPPELINS, AIRSHIPS & BALLOONING.
