—– Flying Amy. [SHAPE BOOK.] [No imprint.] [Circa 1930.]

Tall 12mo.; shape book (circa 220 x 85mm); original pictorial card covers, printed front and back, stapled; pp. [12]; illustrated in two colours on every page, with flight-related subjects; a near fine copy with some rubbing to spine ; rare.

First edition, with the code 995 to lower cover. A scarce original shape book of the 1930s which takes the form of the pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941) dressed in her flying gear. She was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia and set many long-distance records at the height of her fame.