Amateur Adventure
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1939.
A refreshing companion piece to Richard Halliburton’s Flying Carpet, Gandar-Dower’s Amateur Adventure is the story of a private flight in a two-seater aircraft from London to Madras in the autumn of 1932. While Halliburton strains to present himself as poetic, dashing, and full of pluck, Gandar-Dower just sort of lets his natural élan drip from him into a little puddle of sprezzatura at his feet.
Condition grading: Very Good. Some light creasing/curling to right edge of front cover. Light wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1939.
A refreshing companion piece to Richard Halliburton’s Flying Carpet, Gandar-Dower’s Amateur Adventure is the story of a private flight in a two-seater aircraft from London to Madras in the autumn of 1932. While Halliburton strains to present himself as poetic, dashing, and full of pluck, Gandar-Dower just sort of lets his natural élan drip from him into a little puddle of sprezzatura at his feet.
Condition grading: Very Good. Some light creasing/curling to right edge of front cover. Light wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1939.
A refreshing companion piece to Richard Halliburton’s Flying Carpet, Gandar-Dower’s Amateur Adventure is the story of a private flight in a two-seater aircraft from London to Madras in the autumn of 1932. While Halliburton strains to present himself as poetic, dashing, and full of pluck, Gandar-Dower just sort of lets his natural élan drip from him into a little puddle of sprezzatura at his feet.
Condition grading: Very Good. Some light creasing/curling to right edge of front cover. Light wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
