{"product_id":"my-three-big-flights-andre-beaumont-1st-edition","title":"My Three Big Flights, André Beaumont — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Eveleigh Nash, 1912\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. xi, [i], 156.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The binding remains structurally firm and tight, though the original blue cloth boards exhibit significant damp-mottling, discolouration, and spotting, alongside a tanned spine that is gently rubbed at the head and tail. The gilt tooling to the front board, featuring vignettes of monoplanes and a coastal flight scene, retains some brightness but is subdued by the surface marking and wear. The extremities are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text block edges are tanned with scattered foxing, which extends to the preliminary leaves, including the frontispiece and title page, while the main body of text remains generally clean and highly legible throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition. The book is generously illustrated with sixty photographic plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the author in his monoplane, which bears a printed facsimile signature in the margin. The book is dedicated to the acclaimed French poet and playwright Edmond Rostand, who also provided a prefatory sonnet for this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré Beaumont was the famous pseudonym of Lieutenant Jean Louis Camille Conneau, a pioneering French aviator who dominated the early European aviation circuit. This title remains an uncommon and highly desirable primary source in the field of early aeronautics, capturing the advent of competitive cross-country flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating firsthand account of the golden age of aviation by Lieutenant Jean Conneau, writing under his famous pseudonym André Beaumont. In \u003ci\u003eMy Three Big Flights\u003c\/i\u003e, Beaumont chronicles his extraordinary aerial triumphs of 1911, winning the grueling Paris-Rome race, the Circuit of Europe, and the celebrated \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Circuit of Britain. Through vivid, immediate prose and a wealth of contemporary photographs, the aviator offers readers a thrilling cockpit view of early flight, capturing the peril, the endurance, and the romantic spirit of pioneering aeronautics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54552104993107,"sku":"4975","price":52.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260731_001517.jpg?v=1786439722","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/my-three-big-flights-andre-beaumont-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}