Pioneer Bush Pilot The Story of Noel Wien
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 307. Illustrated with black & white photography. Index. Previous owner's bookplate (that of Pan Am pilot Keith Petrich). Annotated newspaper article on the death of Noel Wien tipped in. Endpaper map. (Discreet "201" written on front free endpaper.) Bound in cream-colored cloth; spine lettered in gilt. In the dust jacket; original price of $12.95 intact on front flap. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #13205
Using an open cockpit WWI trainer, Noel Wien initiated commercial aviation in Alaska by flying a route between Anchorage and Fairbanks in 1924. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.
Price: $40.00