Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying

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Information

Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”.

• First editions:
  • Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945-1946, USA.
    • To identify: Used a single statement and published with a dust jacket priced at $2.50. Note: There was an interrupted print run in December of 1945; see Richard’s site for more details.
  • Hamish Hamilton, 1946, UK.
    • To identify: Used a standard single statement (‘First published’ followed by the date, no later dates or printing statements) and published with a dust jacket priced at 7s/6p.

• Contains:
  • “A Piece of Cake”
  • “An African Story”
  • “Beware of the Dog”
  • “Death of an Old Old Man”
  • “Katina”
  • “Madame Rosette”
  • “Only This”
  • “Someone Like You”
  • “They Shall Not Grow Old”
  • “Yesterday was Beautiful”
• Related books:
  • Roald Dahl Collection
  • Selected Works of Roald Dahl
  • The Complete Tales of the Unexpected and Other Stories

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Reviews

• “…to Whom So Much Was Owed” by Michael Straight published in March 9, 1946 issue of The Saturday Review – USA (read online) 
• “Ten short stories on flying” published in June 21, 1947 issue of The Argus – Melbourne, Australia (read online) 
• “Good in action” published in July 15, 1947 issue of The Telegraph – Brisbane, Australia (read online) 
• “Ten Short Stories of Flying” published in July 26, 1947 issue of The Age – Melbourne, Australia (read online) 

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Fun Stuff

• Elsewhere on the web:
  • Plane Writing: Quotes from Early Pilots – Internet site devoted to the biographies of early aviators; some Dahl information 

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Covers

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Czech Covers – Přepínám – deset povídek o letcích a létání

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Dutch Covers – Over en sluiten

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Estonian Covers – Sinu kord. Kümme lugu lenduritest ja lendamisest

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French Covers – À tire-d’aile

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German Covers – steigen aus… maschine brennt… 10 fliegergeschichten

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Russian Covers – Перехожу на прием