Author(s): Amy Johnson

Rare, Collectable, Folios | Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs, Letters, Interviews | Maritime, Aviation

B&W Frontispiece Portrait of the Author.
Amy Johnson bacame world famous as the first woman to fly solo in a historical journey from England to Australia in 1930. She also set records in other flights, including a 1931 flight from England to Japan, a 1932 flight from England to Cape Town and another flight to Cape Town in 1935. She was also the first British trained woman ground engineer, the only woman in the world to do so at that time. Amy Johnson married Scottish aviator Jim Mollison in 1932 with whom she flew non-stop from South Wales to the United States in 1933. They also set a record together flying non-stop to India in 1934.

Good condition. Inscription on inside front cover page. Light tanning on front and back pages and on outisde page edges. Cover - blue cloth with black lettering on spine. No dust jacket.