
Triumph at Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers and Powered Flight
by Parramore, Thomas C
- Used
- very good
- paperback
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0865262594
- ISBN 13
- 9780865262591
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey
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About This Item
University of North Carolina Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date on Title Page and Copyright page. No other printings noted. Softcover in very good condition with glossy pictorial wraps showing only ghost of shelf wear. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Black & white photographs throughout. * From a caption under photos of Orville and Wilbur Wright, ""Orville and Wilbur Wright, Dayton bicycle makers, first became intrigued with the possibility of powered flight in 1899. By 1900 they were searching for an appropriate place to conduct tests of 'scientific kite flying.' The Outer Banks of North Carolina proved to be a hospitable site."" This is their story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- M001062
- Title
- Triumph at Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers and Powered Flight
- Author
- Parramore, Thomas C
- Format/binding
- Soft cover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0865262594
- ISBN 13
- 9780865262591
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Biography. Orville Wright - 1871-1948, Wilbur Wright - 1967-1912, Aeronautics - North Carolina - Kitty Hawk - History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel; Biography & Memoirs;
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About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Our bookselling business began in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop on Main Street in a small upstate New York town. With a move to New Jersey we continued as an online only business and maintain a current growing inventory of over 10,000 books which are in the process of being listed. New items are listed every week.We strive to provide "General Good Reading" to avid bibliophiles. While our main specialties are Religion, History, and Biography, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books.
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