{"product_id":"rene-couzinet-remi-vallet-1934-original-signed-edition","title":"René Couzinet (Rémi Vallet) – 1934 (Original signed edition)","description":"\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e• \u003cb\u003eFull Title:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Great Figure in Aviation: René Couzinet, Creator of \"L’Arc-en-Ciel\". The Man and His Work\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rémi Vallet • \u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imprimerie Nicolas (Niort) • \u003cb\u003eYear of Publication:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934 (2nd edition) • \u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback in-8° (approx. 18 × 12 cm) • \u003cb\u003ePagination:\u003c\/b\u003e 65 pages + 1 leaf (illustrations) • \u003cb\u003eCopies:\u003c\/b\u003e Some are signed and dedicated by the author • \u003cb\u003eRarity:\u003c\/b\u003e Out of print and highly sought after by collectors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003ePublished at the height of Couzinet’s fame (just after the historic South Atlantic crossing by \u003ci\u003eL’Arc-en-Ciel\u003c\/i\u003e in 1933), before his bankruptcy and exile in Brazil, this book offers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"1\" type=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eAn intimate portrait:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eBiography of René Couzinet, from his childhood in Vendée (inspired by the flight of swallows) to his studies at Arts et Métiers in Angers and Sup’Aéro.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eHis role in welcoming Charles Lindbergh at Le Bourget in 1927.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThe epic of the \"Arc-en-Ciel\" aircraft:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eDetails of the prototypes (Couzinet 10, 27, 70) and their feats: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"square\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 108.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eFirst flight of the Couzinet 10 in 1928.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 108.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eFrance–New Caledonia crossing in 1932 with the \u003ci\u003eBiarritz\u003c\/i\u003e (24,000 km, 134 hours of flight).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 108.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eSouth Atlantic record in 1933: 14 hours 32 minutes between Saint-Louis, Senegal, and Natal, Brazil, with Jean Mermoz at the controls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eUnpublished photographs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eImages of the aircraft, teams, and Couzinet himself (including an autographed portrait in some copies).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003ePeriod documents on the Meudon workshops and flight tests.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eHagiographic (the book celebrates Couzinet as an unsung genius), but rich in technical and human anecdotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eHistorical context: The golden age of French aeronautics, between Lindbergh and Mermoz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eCopies signed by Vallet are highly prized. • \u003cb\u003eAbout Rémi Vallet:\u003c\/b\u003e Little biographical information is available (the author appears to be a journalist or a close associate of Couzinet).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e69 pages in French – Hardcover with cardboard and leather – Gilt edges – Signed by the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; 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