Descripción:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Wykonano w Drukarni "Glosu Polskiego, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. First edition/printing trade paperback in Very Good Plus condition. The story of this aviation pioneer and his historic flight from Warsaw to Japan and back to Warsaw - winner of many aviation races and awards, he settled in Mississauga, Ontario Canada for his later years! B&W photos plus author photo.
Do Krainy Wshodzacego Slonca. de Orlinski, Boleslaw - 1978
de Orlinski, Boleslaw
Do Krainy Wshodzacego Slonca.
de Orlinski, Boleslaw
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
Toronto, Ontario.: Glosu Polskiego.. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; 93 pp. The text is in Polish with the title translating as "To the Land of the Rising Sun". Orlinski (1899-1992) was a Polish aviator and test pilot who, with his mechanic, Leon Kubiak, flew from Warsaw to Tokyo and back to Warsaw in 1926 in a Breguet 19 A2. For this he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun and the French Legion of Honor. This is an account of that flight. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs one of which is a frontis photograph of the author and a one page map of the flight path. Minor wear to the externals and with some light soiling to the covers, otherwise clean with a tight binding. .
- Librería Independent bookstores (CA)
- Formato/Encuadernación Softcover
- Estado del libro Usado - Very Good
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Editorial Glosu Polskiego.
- Lugar de publicación Toronto, Ontario.
- Fecha de publicación 1978
- Palabras clave Poland; Polish; Aviation; History;, Memoirs; Flights; 305 Polish Bomber, Squadron;