AVIATION. Circuit de l'Est. First airplane race... Lot 18

[AVIATION]. Circuit de l'Est. First airplane race from August 7 to 17, 1910, organized by "Le Matin". F. Gedovius Nancy-Paris s.d. [1910]. E.O. Black illustrations in text The "Circuit de l'Est", an aeronautical stage race (Paris - Troyes - Nancy - Mézières - Douai - Amiens - Paris). Douai - Amiens - Paris) was the very first race of its kind ever organized. It attracted many pilots: Alfred Leblanc won the 100,000-franc prize. The booklet includes: circuit regulations; race program and prizes; registered aviators (30 small photographic portraits, including Bréguet, Labouchère, etc.); aircraft specifications (with 10 portraits of manufacturers, including Bréguet, Levavasseur, Blériot, etc., and 12 reproductions of aeroplanes); engine details. Narrow in-8 paperback.