Man's Fight To Fly - Famous World-Record Flights and a Chronology of Aviation by John P. V. Heinmuller - January 1945

Aero Print Company, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Cover has heavy chipping, discoloration, spine has masking tape, spotting inside front and back.\r\nDJ has plastic cover, rubbing.

New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1944. Ltd. Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, bright blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated in b&w. One of a Collector's numbered limited edition, this copy #B133, inscribed on limitation page to Edward H. Mitchaw, Jr., SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. John P. V. Heinmuller (1892-1960), the Swiss president of Longines-Wittenauer Watch Company, was an aero-philatelist and historian of manned flight, a friend to zeppelin designers and captains and to Charles Lindbergh. "Man's Fight to Fly" was called "the foremost handbook of aviation records and aero-philatelic information." Record # 411286

Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1944. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. Small quarto. Slight wear to the boards, a very good or better copy in a good only edgeworn and heavily tape-repaired dustwrapper.