‎Aerialist‎

‎Aviation Event Program. Grahame White Claude 1879 1959 Aerialist. Keith B. F. Event Promoter‎

‎B. F. KEITH'S GRAND EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATION Presenting MR. CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE. The Famous English Aviator. Saturday September 24th 1910. Harvard Aviation Field. Atlantic Mass. Issued with the Compliments of the Christian Science Monitor‎

‎n. p. 1910. Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint vertical fold-line. Nr Fine. One printed sheet of grey-green paper folded once vertically. 4 pp. 9-3/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Claude Grahame-White was the Glamour Boy of early aviation. somewhat of a playboy with no engineering background whatsoever Grahame-White became enamoured of flying when in 1908 he saw the Wright's demonstrate their invention to the French crowds at Camp d’Auvours. Within a relatively short time self-taught Grahame-White soloed his Blériot without a formal lesson. He quickly made a name for himself as a dashing aviator when in 1910 J. V. Martin of the Harvard Aeronautical Society invited him to compete in the first Boston-Harvard Meet. With the promise of a $50000 retainer & expenses Grahame-White accepted. Grahame-White won that one and others as he thrilled spectators with his races & aerial exhibitions such as that announced in this "One-man Show" program. This rare survivor lists the divers aerial stunts to be performed by Grahame-White during the day. "With the Bleriot Monoplane" includes a dive from 4000 feet "with engine stopped." "With the Farman Biplane" the 12 planned events include "Aerial switchback flying" "The corkscrew glide spin from a high altitude." & "Knocking down ninepins placed on the ground without alighting." With this sort of exhibition and his dashing & flamboyant personality the handsome Grahame-White gave the new aviation field previously dominated by engineers something that had been lacking to date. a 'sexy' nature. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 36841

‎Baker, Russell; Kennedy, Eugene; Culhane, John; Blanksteen, Jane; Schonberg, Harold C.;Whitman, Alden; et al‎

‎The New York Times Magazine, March (Mar.) 19, 1978 - Ringling Brothers' Circus Aerialist Tito Gaona Cover Photo‎

‎112 pages. Features: Beautiful color-photo Cadillac ad; Awesome Glen Oaks color-photo ad featuring bell-bottom pants; Meaningful Relationships; Political Power and American Ambivalence - Updating Machiavelli - a discourse on political power; Trapeze - the quest for the 'impossible' quadruple somersault - circus aerialist Tito Gaona - article with color photos; Avianca Columbian Airlines color ad; One Night in Leningrad - through the visit of an 18-year-old granddaughter to Russia, two sisters separated by a continent and an ocean 'see' each other again for the first time in more than 50 years - Jane Blanksteen and her family; Singing Schubert's Praises; Nice color-photo ad for Gant Rugger shirts; Centerfold color-photo ad for the BWM 733i (blue); Fashion Photos - Curving Closer; Pierre Franey and his 'almost perfect' kitchen; Many camp ads. Above-average wear. Checkmark and faint library stamp upon front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎SERGE‎

‎Le monde du cirque vu par Serge.‎

‎1939 Librairie des Champs Elysées, 1939, 206 pages, in 8 broché, état moyen, usures et frottements sur les bords des plats et le dos (réparé), tranches usées, coins cornés, intérieur frais.‎

Bookseller reference : 16596