Aviation fiction
Collection of aviation adventure novels, mainly 1930s
£819
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
30 works, 8vo, all in original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets. Titles include:
Trent, Paul. The Air Bandits. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1935. First edition, inscribed ‘To John Sharman, with the author’s compliments but ‘Keep it under your Hat’, January 1936 on the half-title, additionally signed by the author on the title-page, loss to foot of jacket spine [p. 806];
Vaizey, George. Into Thin Air. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. First edition (the author's first novel), dust jacket tape-repaired at head of spine, ownership inscription to verso of half-title [p. 816];
Leslie, Norman. Winged Victory. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1931. First edition (the author's first novel) [p. 499];
Henry, John. Sky Vengeance. Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition, whited-out ownership inscription on half-title;
Groom, A. J. Pelham. High Adventure. London: The Ace Publishing Co., [1938]. First edition, 4 plates, jacket slightly chipped, prize plate dated 1939 to front free endpaper [p. 357];
Idem. Death Flies High. London: George Newnes, Limited, c.1937. Later issue (first published 1935, jacket mentions Desert Squadron, first published 1937) [Hubin p. 408];
Holten, J. Railton. Doomed Flight. London: Newnes, 1937. Possible later issue (first published 1937, jacket mentions Night Hawk, first published 1938), spotting to edges and endpapers, dust jacket price-clipped [Hubin p. 308];
Rochester, George E. The Trail of Death: War Adventures of the Flying Beetle. London: John Hamilton, Ltd, c.1936. First edition, 4 plates, small puncture to spine, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper [Hubin p. 693];
Idem. The Despot of the World. London: John Hamilton Limited, Publishers, c.1936. First edition, 4 plates, publisher's advertisements dated Spring 1936 to rear; and others, all in dust jackets (30)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.