BAWDEN, Edward (ill): 1- Imperial Airways Map of Air Routes 1933

London - Paris / Paris - Basle / Basle - Zurich / London - Brussels / Brussels - Cologne. London - Paris / Paris - Basle / Basle - Zurich / London - Brussels / Brussels - Cologne. Imperial Airways. Raynoil Maps, London, (1933). Long concertina sheet folding into the original wrappers (182x21cm), printed on both sides, One side features the sectional maps in colour, 1cm to 10km (showing air routes, aerodromes, prohibited areas, frontiers, roads, rail, rivers, canals), together with descriptive text to the bottom for various points of interest, and Edward Bawden's b/w illustrations along the top (St Pauls, Le Touquet, Beauvais etc). The other features the story of "The Conquest of the Air" from Bleriot in 1909 up to the Schneider Trophy in 1931, with Bawden's b/w illustrations running along the top and bottom. Priced at 2/- VG; 2- Walter Hoyle; Olive Cook (Intro): To Sicily with Edward Bawden. Previous Parrot Press, Oxford, 1998, Limited edition, # 135 of 350 copies, Signed by Hole & Cook. Original quarter cloth over pictorial boards and slipcase. VG. (2), ; 2- Walter Hoyle; Olive Cook (Intro): To Sicily with Edward Bawden. Condition Report Overall in good order with dust cover, small crease in corner of title page, see images, small amount of foxing to pamphlet, overall in fair order, small brown spots, Condition Report, Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

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