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Navigating the Air
The Aero Club of America; Various
1907
Doubleday, Page & Company : New York
8" by 5.5"
[14], ix-xli, [1], 259pp
SUMMARY
A scarce illustrated work on flight at the beginning of the twentieth century, the first edition of this work by the Aero Club of America.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs0.75 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition, first printing, of this scarce work.
The Aero Club of Americas study on the progress of aeronautical science from the beginnings of the science to the early twentieth century. This work provides an interesting insight into a period of rapid growth and discovery in the science of flight.
Chapters including The Wright Brothers Motor Flyer by O. Chanute, The Coming Dirigible Airship by Captain Homer W. Hedge, The Relations of Weight, Speed, and Power of Flyers by Wilbur and Orville Wright, The Law of Atmospheric Resistance of Wires and Rods by Doctor A. F. Zahm, and more.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-one plates.
The Aero Club of America was a social club founded in 1905 to promote aviation in America.
Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the original publishers cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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