Rochester (Geo. E.) The Vultures of Desolate Island
£95
London, The Ace Publishing Co., [1938].
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A “Flying Beetle” adventure. Britain has opened an air route to Japan across the Arctic, with aerodromes and fuel depots along the way, but aircraft on it are disappearing, and at least one is found riddled with bullets. The frontispiece and jacket are by Howard Leigh (c. 1909–1942), one of the leading aviation artists of the 1930s, best remembered as illustrator of the earliest Biggles books by W. E. Johns, who guided his early career.
In stock
Slight toning to margins; cloth head of spine slightly sunned, rubbed and softened; jacket price-clipped to inside front flap, worn and creased at edges with some loss.
Plates and jacket by Howard Leigh.
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