[AVIATION] MATTERN, Jimmie

Cloud Country (3 vols): Book One: Wings of Youth [with] Book Two: Hawaii to Hollywood [with] Book Three: "Lost in Siberia"

[Chicago: Pure Oil Company, 1936]. First Edition. First printing. Three 12mo volumes. Original gilt-pictorial paper-covered boards; each volume 64pp, photo illus. Mild rubbing and wear; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good or better.

The complete serialization of Mattern's aviation anecdotes, as recounted on his 1930's radio program "The Diary of Jimmie Mattern." Published and sold by the program's sponsors, Pure Oil Company. Mattern (1905-1988) gained fame as a stunt pilot, then as the first aviator to attempt a circumnavation of the globe (in 1932).

Price: $60.00

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