Flight by Hans Bertram (9 results)

STIFF CARD. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ON 15 may 1932 a young pilot and his mechanic decided to fly across the shimmering Timor Sea through the darkness of a starlit sky , they could not get the idea out of there heads. and thought would mean headlines all over the world. However they failed to arrive in Port Darwin . The two pilots disappeared into the hell of the north Australian bush. This is the amazing story of their fight for survival. 8vo .Pp, x, 110 Card covers , map & illustrations [photos ] all correct . See photos .

SOFTCOVER. 1985, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a small previous owners name on the first page. Scans available if required.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Thus. Trade paperback, x + 110 pages including 2-page "Map of the Forced Landing", plus black-and-white photographs; very gently read, but only tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, tight in binding, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. For more aeronautical adventures, see also our listing for Jean Zumbach's equally scarce On Wings of War : My Life as a Pilot Adventurer.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Thus. Trade paperback, x + 110 pages including 2-page "Map of the Forced Landing", plus black-and-white photographs; very gently read, but only tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, tight in binding, spine sun faded, several very tiny speckle spots to fore edge, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white.

8vo. x+110pp. , b/w pls., maps, B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a very good copy. . Account of the flight of the 'Atlantis' and its young German Pilot which was lost for 53 days in the Australian outback in 1932.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. Trade paperback, x + 110 pages including 2-page "Map of the Forced Landing", plus black-and-white photographs; very gently read, but only tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. For more aeronautical adventures, see also our listing for Jean Zumbach's equally scarce On Wings of War : My Life as a Pilot Adventurer.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 286 p. 23 cm. Map on front endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of Bertram and 27 other b&w photos. Black cloth with bumped corners and a few spots. Small label on rear pastedown. Some thumbing to first pages. The story of how four German aviators flew from the Rhine to Timor in a Junkers W33D, took off again for a flight to Australia . and disappared. Given up for dead, they were rescued by Aborigines after 57 days with virtually no food in barren Northwest Australia. A classic story of survival, made into an Australian TV mini series in 1985.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback The First English Edition Translated by Jan Noble Hans Bertrams true account of a 53 day survival ordeal along with his mechanic Adolf Klausmann when their Junkers W33D seaplane crashed off the Kimberley coast in Australia in 1932 The pair endured starvation dehydration and mental anguish before being rescued by Indigenous Australians This copy is complete with a pictorial dust jacket which despite a little edge wear is in good condition There is a little tape repair underneath the dust jacket along the top edge of the spine Underneath lie lightly faded black cloth boards The pages within are clean despite the occasional spot of foxing illustrated with several black and white photographic plates pp 286 Overall a very good copy of a scarce titlenbsp. book.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1936 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 324 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 324 Bertram, Hans,Bertram, Hans, 1906-1993, author.