Curtiss: The Hammondsport Era 1907-1915; The Definitive Survey of Flying Machines.
by Casey, Louis S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Crown, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 235 pp. Quarto. Half-cloth binding with boards covered in yellow engraved stiff-paper; Gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Bottom corners of boards slightly bumped. Dark blue endpapers. B/W diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout. 6 appendices and an index at rear. Pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on spine and two photographic illustrations; price unclipped; minor shelf wear to edges of dust-jacket, overall in very good condition. Text is internally very clean. A tight, clean review copy of this 1981 text. Very good condition. Publisher's announcement laid in at front endpapers. Scarce review copy of this 1981 novel. Produced by Glenn H. Curtiss, one of America's pioneering aircraft designers and inventor of the flying boat. 1981
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- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110727
- Title
- Curtiss: The Hammondsport Era 1907-1915; The Definitive Survey of Flying Machines.
- Author
- Casey, Louis S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Aviation
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