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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562127200548 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1432 (31) |
| Category: |
Aviation: Civil Aircraft / Airlines / Airports Aviation: Military Aircraft / Air Forces / Air Bases |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
AVIATION: An Illustrated History
by Christopher Chant
foreword by Sir Thomas Sopwith
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0856135194
Format: large hardcover with dust jacket (heavy)
Published: Orbis Publishing 1978, revised 1983
Size (mm): 235 w x 300 h x 30 d
Pages: 352
SKU: FSM/2604/0675/B936
ABOUT
A comprehensive visual record of human flight.
Chant traces the evolution of aviation chronologically, starting with myth, early inventors, and the breakthrough of powered flight, then moving through the rapid advances brought by two world wars.
Each era is framed through its defining aircraft, engineering innovations, and the shifting social and military forces that shaped aviation’s development.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images, drawings and maps. Decorated end papers.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light shelf wear/spine fading on dust jacket, no stamps or inscriptions, faint marks on end papers, pages clean. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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