The Orient Flight L Z 127-Graf Zeppelin : A Philatelic Handbook (Signed)

136pp. Illustrated in black and white. Signed and inscribed by Len Deighton on the title page: For Jim, best wishes, from Len Deighton, California, 1985. With a compliments card signed by both authors, Fred F Blau and Cyril Deighton, loosely laid in. One of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. [ Milward-Oliver p219 & 324.] In textured blue boards with gilt lettering spine and front (boards a little rounded and discoloured on corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Len Deighton (writing under the pen name Cyril) collaborates with Fred F Blau to present a history of the orient flight to the Holt Land of the Graf zeppelin airship which marked the reintroduction of the air-borne post office in 1929. Certainly a philatelic book but also a precise piece of history of flight, of particular interest to Zeppelin and LTA followers. Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels, including the series featuring the unnamed Harry Palmer. We have many books by and about Len Deighton in stock, including early, limited and first editions. Please inquire for discounts on multiple titles.

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