Clarence Winchester — The Captain Lost His Bathroom

London, John Crowther, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of short stories by British editor and author Clarence Winchester, including tales about flying machines. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An entertaining collection of fifteen short stories about romance, travel and crime, with a humorous tone.Winchester wrote on aeronautics for the Daily Mail, and published the non-fiction study 'Wonders of World Aviation&apos. Many of his stories, including those in this collection, featured airplanes and other flying machines.Library number to colophon, with library stamp to title page, final leaf, and text block base. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Library stamp to base of text block. Adhesive residue to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip, and a touch age toned to head of rear wrap. Minor loss to back strip tail, minor chipping to back strip head, small closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Library number to colophon, with stamp to title page and final leaf. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.