The Beauty of Flight

1932, a first edition of Manfred Curry's book of aerial photography

Author

Manfred Curry, with a preface by C R Fairey

Publisher

John Miles, London, 1932

Printing Details

Undated [1932]. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 30.5 × 24cm, 100pp

A collection of black and white, sepia tinted and blue tinted photographs of aeroplanes and skyscapes. Manfred Curry was a German-born American was a physician, inventor, sailor and author who wrote a pioneering book on yacht aerodynamics, and naturally turned to aviation. The photographs are a splendid display of flight, clouds, and the vastness of the sky.

Condition

The book itself is in good plus condition, a good clean copy with just a little movement in the binding. The dustwrapper is poor, with loss to the spine ends and corners, and separated at the front joint and is now held in place by a protective sleeve.