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Blue Wings to Bangkok
BIRABONGSE, H.H. Prince
London: G.T. Foulis
First edition
[1953]
Very Good / Near Fine
B5087
First edition. Octavo, pp 184. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards, gilt to spine, and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (18s 6d). Illustrated with photographs. Bira’s account of his flight from Tredethy in Cornwall to Bangkok , a journey which took him two months from September to November 1952. The book is a personal account both of the challenges of the journey and an account of the many places he visited en route through Europe, the Middle East, India and Burma .
Book is in very good condition, some spotting to cloth and edges, clean and bright internally; jacket has a wonderful illustration of Bira and his plane above the Royal Palace in Bangkok and is in Near Fine condition.
Book is in very good condition, some spotting to cloth and edges, clean and bright internally; jacket has a wonderful illustration of Bira and his plane above the Royal Palace in Bangkok and is in Near Fine condition.
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