Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965. xii, 296pp, index, 9 appendices, 42 bw ills + frontis. Or black cloth in jacket. Short tears to bottom of jacket spine, price clipped, some rubbing at folds, minor surface silverfishing at bottom edge of boards. Gift note on blank prelim, prev owner name on copyright page, small bookseller label on front pastedown. The autobiography of Sir Hudson Fysh, which perforce is also the biography of Qantas, one of the world's great airlines.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 050134
Title: Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh.
Author: Fysh, Sir Hudson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Place of Publication: Sydney
Date Published: 1965
Keywords: Aviation Qantas Fysh Airlines Aircraft Signed
Bookseller catalogs: Australiana & NZ; Biography; Transport - Planes, Trains, Cars, Boats, Carriages;
Size: 8vo

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