The Race Round the World: Being the Account of th eContest for the £100,000 Prize Offered By the Combinde Newspaper League, of the Envention of Methylite, and Certain Passages in the Life of Mr. Wang

by Gilson, Major Charles

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London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924 283 pages. 6 color plates; double-page fold-out map. Discovery of methylite, a new airplane fuel, allows planes to attempt not only a cross-Atlantic, but round-the-world, flight. Science fiction not listed in Bleiler. Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean pages; gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some wear to cover. . Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cuneo, Cyrus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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