TRANSPORTATION - AIRPLANE - "The Race Between the Train and the Airplane - London to Manchester by PAULHAN." Photolithograph based on a photograph by Maurice BRANGER (1874–1950), on vellum paper. Full margins. The 1910 air race from London to Manchester pitted two aviators against each other, each attempting to win an aerial challenge between London and Manchester in a motorized “heavier-than-air” aircraft. This challenge was initially proposed by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1906. The Frenchman Louis Paulhan won the 10,000-pound prize in April 1910. 39 x 57 cm. Grade A (rare signs of handling in the margins, in good condition).