First edition, first impression. 212pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and three further monochrome plate illustrations. Cornflower blue cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. 12mo. Cloth is worn and rubbed, rounded on corners, rubbed to faded at the ends of a sunned and skewed spine, with small nick in cloth on rear joint. Volume slightly skewed and the first few leaves a little loosened else internally neat, clean, bright and complete. Semi-fictionalised stories of the early days of flight.