NY: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt aitcraft medallion on cover. Profusely illustrated with 1500 illustrations, most in color, as well as drawings and diagrams. "There have been many histories of human flight, but never one like this. An unrivaled team of international writers, photographers and artists, many of them pilots, aircraft designers and technicians, have recorded every aspect of the most exciting technical achievement of our century in over 500 pages of highly factual narrative and full-color illustration." Flaps of the otherwise mangled dust jacket laid in. . The volume is in virtually perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. FINE.. Color and B&W Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 511 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28052
Title: History of Aviation: The Full Story of Flight
Author: Taylor, John W. R.; Kenneth Munson
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: Aviation;, Transportation;, Airplanes;, Military History;, Flight;, Science;, Technology;
Bookseller catalogs: Science, Medicine & Technology; Travel & Adventure;

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