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The Flying Cathedral. The Story of Samuel Franklin Cody – Texan Cowboy, Bronco Buster, Frontiersman, Circus Sharpshooter, Horse Track Racer, Showman, Barnstormer, Man-carrying Kite Inventor and Pioneer British Aviator

Author(s):

Lee, Arthur Gould

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

–

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Methuen & Co

Publication Year:

1965

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

042675

Catalogue(s):

Autobiography and Biography ◇ Transportation

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272pp, some black and white photographic plates. Purple cloth-covered boards; pale blue titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded board edges, rubbed front corners and spine ends, bump to top front edge. Text block edges just starting to tan. Volume a little shaken. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright. Dust jacket has small closed tears, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.

Samuel Cody (born Cowdery) was a Wild West showman and a flamboyant early aviation pioneer. He developed the large kites known as Cody War-Kites, used by the British before World War I as a smaller alternative to balloons for artillery spotting. In October 1908 he became the first person to pilot a British-made aircraft.

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