The Air Show at Brescia, 1909.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2002),
First Edition. octavo, cloth and boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 254pp. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New. Item #15006
An account of what happened in the air and on the ground before, during, and after this singular event of the modern age. Thousands of spectators came together to witness the show including Franz Kafka, Louis Bleriot, Giacomo Puccini, Glenn Curtiss, Max Brod, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. Very fine copy.
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