ALI, Alban.

The Scarlet Angel.

London: Duckworth, 1934,

First Edition. octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 212pp. Duckworth, Item #35322

Illustrated with photographs, endpapers are maps. Frontispiece is of the author, Alban Ali, who flew a Comper "Swift", the smallest airplane in the world and the cheapest light British aircraft at the time (1933). This book recounts Ali's epic flight from India to England after winning 2nd Place in the Viceroy Cup Air Race in his "Scarlet Angel". A fine copy with chipping to edges of jacket which is dust soiled. Frontispiece and title page have rusty paperclip mark.

Price: $75.00