{"product_id":"french-aeroplanes-before-the-great-war-by-leonard-e-opdycke-1999","title":"FRENCH AEROPLANES BEFORE THE GREAT WAR by Leonard E. Opdycke 1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eFRENCH AEROPLANES BEFORE THE GREAT WAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Leonard E. Opdycke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9780764307522\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: large hardcover with dust jacket (heavy)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Schiffer Miltary History 1999\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 225 w x 290 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4M\/2505\/0613\/B926\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nA catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost of these aeroplanes flew some did not some were never even finished but all of them reflect the extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to become clearer in wartime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf the Wrights had not flown in 1903, one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Aérienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images, decorated end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only light wear on covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452196667684,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/122731.jpg?v=1783763896","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/french-aeroplanes-before-the-great-war-by-leonard-e-opdycke-1999","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}