Heroes of the Air. With twelve maps drawn by the author and thirty-eight photographs
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Hardcover. xv, 427p., plates and maps as called for, a hardbound first edition (first, per Zempel & Verkler) in remarkably good condition, just two quarter-inch droplet stains to the otherwise blank back cover. Blue cloth boards titled and figured in black and yellow, picture-images on cover and spine, Fraser's maps are well-drawn and the illustrating photographs seem uncommon; plates like all leaves here are in fine shape, endsheets are clean, sound and unmarked, book itself square and tight. Flaws: beyond the droplet stains mentioned above, corner-tips fractionally turned, top and tail rims a little crimped, spine panel faintly greyed with handling, still a very good, pleasing copy.
Not by an aficionado of flight; author's menu shows her to be strictly a popularizer, if a good one. She did homework for this her latest effort, obtaining uncommon photos and inside stories. But her earliest books were "The Practical Book of Home Repairs" and "The Young Citizen's Own Book"; and the late ones stuff like "Heroes of the Wilds" and "Heroes of the Sea"
Cat.No: 264999
Price: $25.00