Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 53

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS / ROUND THE WORLD ON AIRY'S PROJECTION. 1939.


40x26 inches, 101½x66 cm. The Curwen Press Ltd., London.
Condition B+: losses, creases and slight staining in margins; repaired tears at edges, one into upper text.

An Airy's projection globe highlighting Imperial Airways' routes, along with images of some of their aircraft. Pictured is the Frobisher (a De Havilland Albatross) and the Cordelia, an S.30 Short Empire flying boat.