Rochester (G.E.) The Despot of the World
£95
London, John Hamilton, [1936].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Further aeronautical tales of peril from Rochester, drawing to some degree on his own experiences with the Royal Flying Corps. Jacket artwork by one of the best at this sort of thing, Howard Leigh.
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A good copy, in rather worn and torn jacket with some loss.
Jacket artwork by Howard Leigh.
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