Wings to the Orient: Pan American Clipper Planes, 1935-1945: A Pictorial History

Missoula, Mont.: Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., Missoula, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto with glossy yellow and blue pictorialwraps; ix, 214 pages: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Related ephemera laid in (as found in the book). Very good (+); some mild external wear; pages clean; binding a tad tender at front hinge but otherwise tight. Paperback. ISBN: 9780933126619, 0933126611

Contains numerous press clippings related to Pan Am."This book is about three types of airplanes, several individuals, and a new concept in overseas travel. The airplanes commonly called "Clippers" are the Sikorsky S-42, the MArtin M-130, and the Boeing B-314. The individuals include Juan Trippe, founder of America's pioneering overseas airline, Pan Am. The new concept, formulated by Pan Am during the Depression days of the 1930s, involved island-hopping by air. The ocean to conquer was the vast Pacific. Wings to the Orient is the first attempt to portray this massive undertaking thourhg the use of historical photographs, some of which have never been published." --Introduction.