First Through the Clouds: The Autobiography of a Box-Kite Pioneer

First edition, first printing. 176pp plus numerous black and white plate illustrations. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Boards are patchily faded, especially around spine. Internally a hint of faint, occasional spotting else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original rubbed, faded and mildly marked dust jacket. Commander Warren Merriam was the first man to fly his box-kite plane through the clouds of a misty morning, and one of the most successful flight instructors, teaching many of the pilots of the first world war.