Aviatrix. Female Pilots. Superb excellently written-up colle...

Hammer

£1,800

Aviatrix. Female Pilots. Superb excellently written-up collection in volume of rear first fights, endurance, around the world covers signed by the pilots with press cuttings, photos & stamps incl Blanche Stuart Scott, Alys McKey Bryant, Lady Gladys Cobham, Mrs Jessie Maude Miller, Gladys O’Donnell, Mildred Mary Bruce, Ruth Rowland Nichols (with 1931 Crash mail cover carried from Paris via Canada – Crashed at St. John New Brunswick), Laura Ingalls, Maude Bonney, Jean LaRene, Louise Thaden, Frances Harrell Marshalis & Helen Richey, Florence Klingensmith, Beryl Markham, May Bradford, Richarda Morrow, Juanita Burns, Mary Haizlip, Frankie Renner, Ivy May Pearce, Betty Miller, Sheila Scott and Amy Johnson – total qty of covers & cards 78. Silver medal and trophy federation level collection. Plus, further seven binders with press cuttings, covers, photos of female pilot material (unwritten) but identified incl Beryl Markham, Jerrie Mock, Judith Chisholm, Jean Batten, Katherine Stinson, Viola Gentry, Ann Morrow Lindberch, Elly Bein Horn, Nancy Harkness Love, Bonny Tiburzl, Jerrie Cobb, Marjorie Crawford, Mildred Kauffman, Betty Lund, Edith Fasterling, Maryjorie Hook, Virginia Shannon, Exline Brown, Bessie Halladay, Helen Dustin, Ruth Bancroft Law, Ann Pellegreno, Sheila Scott, Betty Miller, May Bradford, Nancy Bird Walten, Jacqueline Cohran & Laura Ingalls, qty of further covers & cards 189. Plus various Literature, biographies & autobiographies related to the pilots and large binder of relevant newspaper spreads. Incredible collection with huge amount of interesting items and material, suitable for specialists, viewing recommended. (See photos). (3B)