Flying Over South America by Annie S. Peck first edition 1932

PECK, Annie. S – Flying over South America: Twenty thousand miles by air
 
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1932)
 
8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth, with black lettering on the spine and a motif of a monoplane, with the rare dust wrapper, unclipped displaying the price on the inside flap of $3.50, with an illustrative front cover of Annie Peck’s plane flying over South America; pp. xiv, [ii], 256; the book is profusely filled with illustrations and photos of Peck’s endeavours, and has a map of South America to the front end papers; overall it is in very good or better condition, the book is excellent with very little wear at all, the wrapper has some edge wear to the spine ends and corners, the spine is toned, and has a couple of flecks of loss, there is a small tear to the lower panel; overall a nicely preserved copy that is complete.
 
American, Annie Smith Peck was a pioneer in mountaineering and travelling as well as being a noted speaker on suffrage and feminism. She wrote four books encouraging travel, adventure and exploration. 
 
This one, flying over South America, was her last, written when she was around 80 years old, and is about her seven-month trip in an aeroplane. She wanted to prove how safe commercial flying was and what could be achieved. She was a pioneer into her later years. She chartered the trip and set off travelling pretty much every where in South America including crossing the Andes, Argentina and Brazil. It is remarkable to think how extensively she travelled at that stage of her life, covering 20,000 miles in doing so. It is rare to find this first edition in the dust wrapper and in this condition.