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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561468170532 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR690 (284) |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
PROGRESS IN FLYING MACHINES
by Octave Chanute
foreword by Alan B. Shepard
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0916494004
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Lorenz & Herweg 1976, 1st edition
Size (mm): 160 w x 235 h x 30 h
Pages: 308
SKU: A4/2408/0613/B911
ABOUT
Facsimile copy of the first 1894 edition including original illustrations.
One of the most important books in the history of aviation, this volume contains research from between 1891 and 1893 that proved invaluable to the Wright Brothers. This is the book recommended to Wilbur Wright by the Smithsonian Institute as the most significant work on aeronautical science at the time.
Includes 90 fine line illustrations.
CONDITION
Excellent with wear/spine fading on dust jacket, marks on end papers, pages clean with minor creasing, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce locally
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