{"product_id":"2026200011593-secondhand-punch-in-the-air-a-cartoon-history-of-flying","title":"Punch In The Air: A Cartoon History Of Flying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pioneering days of the Wright Brothers to the jet age of mass aviation, Punch in the Air: A Cartoon History of Flying chronicles humanity's most audacious obsession through the razor-sharp wit and pen of Britain's most celebrated comic illustrators. Edited by the legendary David Langdon — himself a titan of Punch magazine — this anthology gathers a century's worth of satirical cartoons that immortalise the triumphs, absurdities, and white-knuckle anxieties of flight, presenting the sky not as a boundless frontier, but as a stage for very human comedy.\n\nDrawn entirely from the storied archives of Punch, the world's most famous humour magazine, this collection illustrates how British wit evolved alongside aviation itself — from the goggled daredevil in his open biplane to the harried business traveller crammed into economy class. Langdon's deft editorial eye curates a visual narrative that is as much a social history as it is a comedy, capturing the public's shifting relationship with the miracle of flight. A perfect gift for aviation enthusiasts and lovers of classic British humour alike, it leaves one wondering: did we ever truly conquer the skies, or did the skies simply learn to laugh back at us?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160864563419,"sku":"2026200011593-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/86a6b643-1a24-4042-b381-35b7dcf26e08.png?v=1787187858","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011593-secondhand-punch-in-the-air-a-cartoon-history-of-flying","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}