Valerij Tschkalow “Unser Transpolarflug”, illustr., 1st ed. in German, Moscow

Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur, Moskau, 1939, 120 pp. 

Illustrated by portrait of Tschkalow on frontispiece and many photo plates internally.

Hard embossed cover with plane and Earth, 19 x 14 cm.

Condition: some rubbing to cover, light wear.

Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Павлович Чкалов, 2 February [20 January] 1904 – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).