V.L. Danvers Affiche Ancienne Original vintage brochure - The Comfort of Air Travel by Imperial Airways - featuring an illustration of the Hannibal plane and a pilot on the cover, with photographs of the airway liners up in the air above London and on the ground in Karachi, views of La Cite and Le Bourget in Paris, Citadel in Cairo, the Arch of Ctesiphon in Iraq, the foldout on the reverse features a detailed image of Heracles with the seating plan below, and insets of the tail, captain's cabin and the tyres. Founded in 1924 the British airline Imperial Airways merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC in 1939, later merging with the British European Airways BEA to form British Airways BA in 1974. Printed in Great Britain by Ben Johnson & Co., Ltd, London and York. Published by Imperial Airways Ltd. Fair condition, folds as issued, tears, creasing, staining, pinholes, small paper loss, double sided, ink stamp, ink writing. Country of issue: UK, designer: V.L. Danvers, size (cm): 75x49.5, year of printing: 1930s.